Nuclear power plant

Built on

• Triode amplifierRecorded · 1906requires
• National electricity gridRecorded · 1926enables
• First nuclear reactorRecorded · 1942enables

Led to

• Giant reactor-neutrino detector (JUNO)Recorded · 2025enables
• Small modular reactorsForecast · ~2031enables
• Thorium molten-salt fleetsForecast · ~2033enables
• Nuclear waste transmutedForecast · ~2063enables
• Fusion neutron foundries sell useful isotopesForecast · ~2064influences

Sources & evidence

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.