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ON STAMPS - ATOMIC
REACTORS
The use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes is inextricably linked with the creation of atomic reactors. The reactor is the heart of any nuclear power plant or nuclear engine. A controlled chain reaction of fission of atomic nuclei occurs in it and atomic energy is released. There are many different types of nuclear reactors currently built.
The first nuclear reactor for peaceful purposes was built in the Soviet Union at the nuclear power plant in Obninsk, which went into operation in 1954. A series of three stamps, issued in January 1956, was dedicated to this event. One of them shows the upper part of the reactor (see photo).
Atomic reactors for peaceful purposes have been built in many countries around the world. The photo shows stamps depicting the first atomic reactors of the GDR, Czechoslovakia and Romania, built with the help of the Soviet Union, and a stamp showing the first atomic reactor built by Yugoslavia in Belgrade.
The use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes is symbolized by the stamps of Canada and France shown in the photo, which also depict atomic reactors.
A. V. Almyks