Atomic Gallery

1957 nuclear test: Fall-out

Fallout: The sinister and prolonged after-effect of nuclear explosions: a drawing illustrating some characteristics of this haunting phenomenon.An illustration by special Illustrated London News artist G.H Davis, with the cooperation of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, showing the dangers of nuclear fall-out. Britain's first nuclear tests in May 1957 prompted fears about the long term effects of the explosions on human life. Possible dangers listed here include radio-active dust and particles in rain, and the contamination of fish stocks

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Peace flame in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima

Peace flame and the Peace Memorial Musem in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima by the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Date: 2015

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Splitting of the Atom - apparatus used by Dr J D Cockcroft

Dr John D Cockcroft listening for sounds indicating atomic disintegration brought about by the bombardment with high-velocity protons of the lithium nucleus, which appears to break up into two helium nuclei. Physicists Cockcroft and E T S Walton developed the Cockcroft-Walton accelerator to artificially accelerate atomic particles to high energies, to enable them to observe the results of splitting the atom. At the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
1932

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