The use of atomic energy promises vast possibilities for mankind. In the beginning of this century, Einstein advanced the theory that mattdr is energy and energy is matter and each may be converted into the other.
He said that atom contain vast stores of energy that may be used in a thousand ways. The problem was how to tune the atom, obtain and use its energy. In 1938 Hahn and Tradesman succeeded in splitting the nucleus of an atom of uranium. Later, it was found that the process of splitting the atom released enormous amounts of energy.
Then, on 2nd December 1942 scientists succeeded in obtaining the first self sustaining nuclear chain reaction. It is estimated that energy in one pound of uranium is equivalent to that of three million pounds of coal. The research into the mysteries of the atom is going on in many countries of the world.
