The Day The World Changed: Reflections On Activation Of First Nuclear Reactor – OpEd

By Scott Bennett

December 2, 1942 — almost one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the scientific community in the US was in a state of high anxiety. Physicists were sure that Hitler’s war machine, which had a two-year head start, was well on its way to developing a nuclear weapon. The race was on to create the...