A2. Monument to the Splitting of the Atom. This huge granite structure commemorates Igor Kurchatov, the father of the Soviet atomic bomb. It shows the splitting of a uranium atom. Large semicircles depict the energy given off at the moment the atom splits. Two hemispheres represent broken pieces of the atom; they are newly formed radioactive materials called "fission products". Chelyabinsk, Russia. 24 August 1992.
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