Defining Moments from Nuclear History

First medical X-ray – Wilhelm Röntgen – Public domain

Becquerel plate – Henri Becquerel – Public domain

Pierre and Marie Curie – Unknown author – Copyright expired

Hahn and Meitner in 1912 – Unknown author – Public domain

Stagg Field reactor – Melvin A. Miller of the Argonne National Laboratory – Public domain

German Experimental Pile – Mickey Thurgood, U. S. Army photographer assigned to Alsos Mission – Public domain

Trinity – Jumbo brought to site – Federal government of the United States – Public domain

Trinity device readied – Not identified – Public domain

Trinity shot color – Jack W. Aeby – Public domain

Atomic bombing of Japan – George R. Caron & Charles Levy – Public domain

EBR-1 – US Department of Energy – Public domain

First four nuclear lit bulbs – Unknown author – Public domain

Ivy Mike – USDE – Public domain

Atoms for Peace – United Nations – Courtesy of IAEA Imagebank

Nautiluscore – U.S. Navy photo/Released – Public domain

Calder Hall – ENERGY.GOV – Public domain

Windscale – ENERGY.GOV – Public domain

Shippingport Reactor – Unknown author – Public domain

International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA Imagebank – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

Kink instability at Aldermaston – UK Atomic Energy Authority – Public domain

NS Savannah – US Government – NARA – Public Domain

USS Enterprise – USN – Public domain

SNAP-3B – Mound Photography – Public domain

SNAP-10A – Atomics International, contractor to U.S. Atomic Energy Commission – Public domain

Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant – ENERGY.GOV – Public domain

Treaty for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – United States Department of State – Public domain

SNAP-27 – U.S. Federal Government – Public domain

Zion Nuclear Power Station – ENERGY.GOV – Public domain

Hinkley Point B Power Station – Rick Crowley – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

Three Mile Island – United States Department of Energy – Public domain

Superphénix – Yann Forget – CC-BY-SA

Chernobyl Disaster – IAEA Imagebank – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

Chernobyl Sarcophagus – IAEA Imagebank – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

Joint European Torus – EUROfusion – Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa – IAEA Imagebank – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

Fukushima Daiichi – 資源エネルギー庁 – Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Wylfa – UK government agencies – Open Government Licence v3.0

Chernobyl  New Safe Confinement – Tim Porter – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant II – Hullernuc – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

HTR-PM – China Huaneng

Kernkraftwerk Isar – E.ON Kernkraft GmbH – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Onkalo Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository – kallerna – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International