The USSR's Obninsk Nuclear Plant which opened in 1954.
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It was the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant which produced around 5 megawatts of electric power. Russia.
For electricity production, 1956
The United Kingdom tested its first nuclear weapon on 3 October 1952.
The first country to develop nuclear elements I'm not sure, but the first country to develop a nuclear weapon was the united states. Also the former soviet union has the most nuclear missiles in the world but they are from the cold war, old and outdated, America has sophisticated missile systems that can sent a warhead almost anywhere on the planet
The first event was not in the U.S., but it is the test site of Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Tests that were done in the 1040s and 1950s have left their mark--still radioactive after all these years. The accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant near Middletown, Pa., on March 28, 1979 brought awareness of the dangers of nuclear power. Although there was no lasting environmental effect, communication to the public did raise fears.