How many know that Greece had nuclear aspirations during the 20th century? And how realistic were these aspirations? How did the country plan to utilize atomic energy? Who were the figures that pioneered this endeavor? Which foreigners were interested in becoming its elite collaborators? And ultimately, what remains from that era?

The Atomic Age attempts to answer these questions for the first time, shedding light on the records related to atomic energy in Greece and the country's efforts to participate in the "age of the atom," in a period that starts from the Liberation and ends with the Chernobyl nuclear accident.

Through thousands of foreign and Greek documents, the entire backdrop of the era is revealed: from CERN, "Demokritos," and the interventions of the Palaces to the first steps of the Public Power Corporation and ETBA; from the Unyielding Struggle and the secret negotiations of the defectors with the English to the confidential bargaining of the Junta with London for an exchange of Greek tobacco for a nuclear reactor; and from the oil crisis and the transition to democracy to the uranium investigations, the nuclear plans of the Public Power Corporation, the Greek anti-nuclear movement, and the great upheaval of the Change.

Top politicians, businessmen, and scientists encounter foreign factors, under the weight of the ever-relevant challenge of energy independence and self-sufficiency. Until Chernobyl changes everything forever.