The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Atomic-Bomb-Richard-Rhodes/dp/1451677618 So this was a great read, though not really focused on nuclear power production. It's a fascinating history that goes all the way back to the scientists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who kinda got the ball rolling (Rutherford, Bohr, Chadwick etc). Nuclear power production was a bit of a byproduct from the efforts to develop the bomb.