Atomic Age

Atomic Age is a timeline focused on the development of Atomic technology on a global scale. This timeline will, in order to insure military funding into Atomic development, be in a constant cold war (military contracts providing a broader avenue of profit in Atomic development). The challenge will likely come in preventing total war while fostering the peaceful application of Atomic Energy.

Timeline

 * 1945: Atomic Bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki effectively ending the 2nd World War.
 * 1952: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, a crown corporation, is established in Canada. It becomes Canada's leading provider of Nuclear Energy in the decades to come.
 * 1954: The World's first Nuclear Powered Submarine, the USS Nautilus is launched. Homi J. Bhabha presents a three-stage Nuclear Program during the 'Development of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes' Conference, which is attended by India's first Prime Minister.
 * 1957: Iran cooperates with the US to develop Nuclear Energy as part of the 'Atoms for Peace' program.
 * 1958: The Indian government adopts the three-stage Nuclear Program.
 * 1960: Public knowledge that the CIM-10 Bomarc will carry a nuclear payload. The Progressive Conservative party avoids controversy (and government collapse) by standing with it's position regarding Nuclear Weapons for Canada.
 * 1973: The Oil Crisis of '73 encourages provincial governments in Canada to seek to diversify their energy production though hydro and nuclear options.
 * 1974: The Shah of Iran vocally speaks of a time in the future where Oil will be depleted, and the need for Nuclear Energy as an economic alternative to fossil fuels. The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is launched.
 * 197X: Quebec Nationalist embrace the Nuclear Energy Option and see it as the gate way to a bright future of Quebec sovereignty and technological grandeur with 40 reactors planned for the province.
 * 2000: The Shah's plan to construct 2 Nuclear Power Stations in Iran by the year 2000 comes to fruition.