History
How it Works
Downsides
Uses
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The start of the nuclear age.

The Trinity Test

100

Radioactive atoms needed for nuclear reactors.

Uranium

100

Worst Nuclear accident in America.

Three Mile Island

100

Ships powered by nuclear reactors.

Aircraft Carriers or Submarines

200

First Breeder Reactor Location.

Idaho

200

Fluid needed for Nuclear Reactors.

Water

200

Reactor Meltdown in Ukraine.

Chernobyl

200

Years a submarine can run off nuclear power without refueling.

20 Years

300

President who started the Nuclear Program.

President Eisenhower

300

The part that steam spins to produce power.

Turbine

300

Type of failure that occured in the water pumps.

Mechanical or Electrical

300

The reactor compartment is shielded to protect them from radiation.

The Crew

400
The first US Nuclear Submarine.

The USS Nautilus

400

Process of splitting atoms.

Fission

400

The reactor core overheated after this part failed.

Coolant pump

400

When reactors can't be used they are escorted by these people.

Coast Guard or Navy

500

The laboratory that made the first Breeder Reactor.

Argonne National Laboratory

500

Split atoms release these 2 things.

Neutrons and Heat

500

The pilot relief valve didn't do this when it should have.

Close

500

Type of reactor used by the navy.

Pressurized Water Nuclear Reactor