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powerpoint.pptxThe Atomic Bomb: The Effects of Obtaining Extraordinary Power
William Kahn
The Manhattan Project
Started in 1942 by the United States with support from the United Kingdom and Canada
Led by J.R. Oppenheimer to create the world’s first atomic bomb
Employed over 130,000 people (scientists, engineers and laborers)
End of WWII
The atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred on August 6th, 1945 and August 9th, 1945.
Japan surrendered soon after
To this date, the only time in history that the atomic bomb was used in warfare
The Smyth Report
Just three days after the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 12, 1945, H.D. Smyth released his book, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes, or better known as The Smyth Report.
Summarized the previously declassified discoveries of the Manhattan Project and the associated nuclear physics
Modern Safeguards
The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was formed in 1970 to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Part of the treaty includes the International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards, which represent specific means of controlling non-proliferation.
Sources
H.D. Smyth. Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. Princeton University: Review Of Modern Physics, Volume 27, Number 4, 1945.
Barnaby, Frank. How Nuclear Weapons Spread: Nuclear-Weapon proliferation in the 1990s. London, 1993.
Kelly, Cynthia C. Remembering the Manhattan Project: Perspectives on Making the Atomic Bomb and Its Legacy. New Jersey, 2005.
