An electrical generation system that uses nuclear fission as its energy source ... reactor was designed to make the most powerful bomb ever created. Created in secrecy and known as the Manhattan ...

So why not the atomic bomb ... nuclear fission chain reactions might be possible. When slowed down and controlled in a "uranium machine" (nuclear reactor), these chain reactions could generate ...

A controlled nuclear fission reaction releases one million times more energy per kg than a chemical reaction such as burning coal, oil or gas. This means much less fuel is required than for a ...