December 8, 1953 – President Eisenhower Gives His “Atoms For Peace” Speech, Promoting Atomic Power for Peaceful Purposes by VNEC Staff | Dec 8, 1953 | Timeline
March 30, 1953 – The Mark 1 Prototype Naval Reactor Starts Up by VNEC Staff | Mar 30, 1953 | Timeline
December 1951 – Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-1) at Argonne National Laboratory in Idaho Produces Electricity by VNEC Staff | Dec 1, 1951 | Timeline
August 1, 1946 – President Trumen Signs the Atomic Energy Act, Creating the Atomic Energy Commission to Oversee Peacetime Development of Atomic Science and Technology by VNEC Staff | Aug 1, 1946 | Timeline
December 2, 1942 – The First Controlled, Self-Sustaining Nuclear Chain Reaction is Conducted. The First Nuclear Reactor, Chicago Pile-1, is built on a Squash Court at the University of Chicago by VNEC Staff | Dec 2, 1942 | Timeline