| Impact | Dramatically reshaped the geopolitics of the Cold War era |
| Outcome | Unable to produce functional nuclear weapon before war's end |
| Timeline | Alternate history |
| Key discoveries | Made in Germany in the 1930s |
| Wartime development | By Nazi regime during World War II |
| Nuclear proliferation | Rapid development of nuclear arsenals by Soviet Union, Britain, France, China and others in the 1950s |
| Post-war knowledge sharing | Enrichment knowledge shared internationally, not kept secret |
