Atomic Age

The Atomic Age, also known as the Atomic Era or Nuclear Age, is a period in history defined by the rise and application of nuclear technology. It usually refers to the period after the first atomic bomb exploded. While atomic energy aka nuclear energy existed in theory well before the first artificial self sustaining nuclear reaction (Chicago Pile-1) as part of the Manhattan Project in 1942 the era in our history is often noted to have started in 1945 with the detonation of Trinity, the worlds first Atomic Bomb on the 16th of July during World War II. The Atomic Age or Atomic Era is by many seen as having ended at the close of the Cold War in 1991 with the desolation of the USSR. Other historians see the era as on going but coming to a close with most countries in the 21st Century planning to phase out Nuclear power as an option by the middle of the century and the demand for nuclear disarmament being strong though hope for continued Nuclear energy solutions comes in the proposed use of a thorium fuel cycle.