United States Atomic Energy Commission
The United States Atomic Energy Commission was an agency of the United States government, started after World War II by the United States Congress. It was made to help the development of atomic science and technology. This was because the control of atomic energy was transferred from the military to the people after president Harry S. Truman signed the McMahon/Atomic Energy Act in 1946.[1] Congress then declared that atomic energy should be used for peace, not nuclear war.
United States Atomic Energy Commission Media
- David E Lilienthal c1947.jpg
This is an image of David E. Lilienthal, who chaired the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1947 to 1950. This photo was probably taken about the time that Lilienthal was nominated for the post by President Harry S. Truman
- Gordon Evans Dean.jpg
This is an image of Gordon E. Dean, chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1950 to 1953. It appears at p. 43, col. 2, in the DOE publication, Origins of the Nevada Test Site (DOE/MA-0518), by Terrence R. Fehner and F. G. Gosling, published in 2000, and is credited to the Department of Energy.
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Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss pers0164
- John McCone.jpg
John McCone, 6th Director of Central Intelligence.
- Glenn Seaborg 1964.jpg
- GlennSeaborg
- James Schlesinger official DoD photo.jpg
James Schlesinger official DoD photo
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Dixy Lee Ray (color cropped)
- Atomic Energy Act of 1946 signing.jpg
President Harry S. Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946
- David E Lilienthal c1947.jpg
David E. Lilienthal, who chaired the AEC from its creation until 1950
- Gordon Evans Dean.jpg
Gordon Dean, who chaired the AEC from 1950 to 1953
References
- ↑ Barton C. Hacker, Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1947-1974 (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994), pp. 11–12
