Fermi, among others, realized that nuclear fission was accompanied by the release of colossal amounts of energy from the conversion of mass into energy (according to Einstein's mass-energy ...

December — Dr. Enrico Fermi achieves the ... October — The first nuclear power plant in the U.S. to be built without any government funding -- the Dresden 1 Nuclear Power Station in Illinois ...

Holtec International plans to restart the Palisades nuclear plant and add two smaller reactors ... Company made the decision to decommission Fermi 1. The fuel and equipment were shipped offsite ...