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Oak Ridge
(Encyclopedia) Oak Ridge, city (1990 pop. 27,310), Anderson and Roane counties, E Tenn., on Black Oak Ridge and the Clinch River; founded by the U.S. government 1942, inc. as an independent city 1959…Nunn, Sam
(Encyclopedia) Nunn, Sam (Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr.), 1938–, U.S. Senator from Georgia (1973–97), b. Perry, Ga. A lawyer, he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1968–72) and won…Greenpeace
(Encyclopedia) Greenpeace, international organization that promotes environmental awareness and addresses environmental abuse through direct, nonviolent confrontations with governments and companies…Goeppert-Mayer, Maria
(Encyclopedia) Goeppert-Mayer, Maria, 1906–72, German-American nuclear physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Göttingen, 1930. She was a researcher at Johns Hopkins (1931–39), Columbia (1939–46), Argonne National…Manhattan Project
(Encyclopedia) Manhattan Project, the wartime effort to design and build the first nuclear weapons (atomic bombs). With the discovery of fission in 1939, it became clear to scientists that certain…U.S. News: A New Era for U.S., Russia, and Nuclear Arms
Major U.S. news stories, from health-care reform to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Related Links 2010 Year in Review 2010 News of the…Historical and Projected Capacities for Nuclear Electricity Generation, 1996–2020
(Net Gigawatts) Region 19961 19972 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Industrialized 283.4 283.6 278.2 269.5 260.6 233.8 213.7 United States 100.8 99.0…Anzus Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Anzus TreatyAnzus Treatyănˈzəs [key], defense agreement signed in 1951 by Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. The name Anzus is derived from the initials of the three…atomic energy
(Encyclopedia) atomic energy: see nuclear energy.thermonuclear energy
(Encyclopedia) thermonuclear energy: see nuclear energy.