HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Building hotels to attract tourists to South Carolina.
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Building the Savannah River nuclear facility to provide plutonium for nuclear weapons.
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Building schools to help decrease the poverty rate.
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Building hospitals to care for the sick.
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Detailed explanation-1: -SRS is a 310-square-mile site located near Aiken, S.C., on the Savannah River, which borders South Carolina and Georgia.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 2, 1942, the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction took place paving the way for a variety of advancements in nuclear science. The experiment took place at the University of Chicago’s football stadium under the direction of Enrico Fermi-a Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
Detailed explanation-3: -On December 20, 1951, EBR-I became the first power plant to produce usable electricity through atomic fission.
Detailed explanation-4: -Currently, the sole plutonium pit production capability in the United States is located at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s PF-4 building.