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	Atomic Energy Commission. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The act provided for a five-member commission appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, as well as a military liaison committee which the AEC was directed to advise and consult with on all atomic energy matters that related to military applications.
		A civilian advisory committee to the AEC was also created and from 1946 to 1952 this committee was chaired by J. Robert Oppenheimer, who had directed the development of the atomic bomb but who opposed the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb.
		The AEC became the center of a nation-wide controversy in 1954 as a result of Oppenheimer’s suspension (1953) as a consultant to the commission on the alleged grounds that he was a security risk.
	www.bartleby.com /65/at/AtomicEnCom.html (360 words)

	Atomic Energy Commission - MSN Encarta
		Among the major programs of the new commission were production of fissionable materials; accident prevention; research in biology, health, and metallurgy and production of electric power from the atom; studies in the production of nuclear aircraft; and the declassification of data on atomic energy.
		The most important goal of the 1946 act, however, was to put the immense power and possibilities of atomic energy under civilian control, although nuclear materials and facilities remained in government hands.
		Under the Energy Reorganization Act of October 1974, the AEC was abolished, and two new federal agencies were established to administer and regulate atomic-energy activities: the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761553386 (233 words)

	Decision and Opinions of the Atomic Energy Commission in the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer - Concurring Opinion of ...
		William L. Borden, legislative secretary to the late Senator Brien McMahon in 1948 and later executive director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy from 1949 to June 1953, addressed a letter to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation relative to Dr. J.
		On December 10, 1953, the Commission unanimously voted to institute the regular procedures of the Commission to determine the veracity or falsity of the charges.
		On June 3, 1954, the Commission denied the counsel for Dr. Oppenheimer the privilege of oral argument before the Commission but granted permission to file a written brief with the provision that the brief be presented on or before June 7.
	www.atomicarchive.com /Docs/Oppenheimer/OppyAEC4.shtml (1454 words)

	Atomic Heritage Foundation: The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Amidst this uncertainty, the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 was passed creating a five person Atomic Energy Commission responsible for managing the former Manhattan Project operations.
		The Atomic Energy Commission intended the national laboratories to be the backbone of its research program.
		Under the leadership of Chairman Lewis S. Strauss, the Atomic Energy Commission emphasized the importance of staying ahead of the Soviets in the field of high energy physics.
	www.atomicheritage.org /atomicage.htm (848 words)

	Decision and Opinions of the Atomic Energy Commission in the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer - General Statement \| The ...
		The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 lays upon the Commissioners the duty to reach a determination as to "the character, associations, and loyalty" of the individuals engaged in the work of the Commission.
		Neither in the deliberations by the full Commission nor in the review of the Gray Board was importance attached to the opinions of Dr. Oppenheimer as they bore upon the 1949 debate within the Government on the question of whether the United States should proceed with the thermonuclear weapon program.
		He was also furnished with a copy of the Atomic Energy Commission's security clearance procedures, and was informed of his right to a hearing under those procedures.
	www.atomicarchive.com /Docs/Oppenheimer/OppyAEC2.shtml (1899 words)

	DOE Office of Science - Chicago Office
		This action reflected America's postwar optimism, with Congress declaring that atomic energy should be employed not only in the Nation's defense, but also to promote world peace, improve the public welfare and strengthen free competition in private enterprise.
		Chicago Operations continued to be responsible for a large share of the AEC's contracts and grants with universities and other educational institutions, industry and state and local governments.
		AEC's Chicago Operations Office grew during this period, taking on responsibility for AEC's research facilities in the Northeast, including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Environmental Measurements Laboratory and New Brunswick Laboratory.
	www.ch.doe.gov /html/site_info/atomic_energy.htm (481 words)

	Energy Time Line - Year 1950 to 1959 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An atomic reactor was first used in medical therapy at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York.
		The first electric power generated from atomic energy to illuminate an entire town was obtained from the Utah Power and Light Company's station in Arco, Idaho.
		The Atomic Energy Commission for the first time authorized the construction of private nuclear power plants.
	www.energyquest.ca.gov /time_machine/1950ce-1960ce.html (1116 words)

	Energy Time Line - Year 1940 to 1949 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The chain reaction makes possible the development of the atomic bomb, the first of which was exploded at Alamogordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945.
		The gates to the “secret city” of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, were opened to the public today as were the doors to the American Museum of Atomic Energy (now known as the American Museum of Science and Energy).
		AMAE was the first museum devoted to atomic energy exhibits and AMSE today is still the world's largest repository of energy-related exhibits.
	www.energyquest.ca.gov /time_machine/1940ce-1950ce.html (768 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 abolished the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and established the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA).
		To achieve a major Federal energy reorganization, the Department of Energy (DOE) was activated on October 1, 1977.
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/about.jsp (810 words)

	discontents - words - 'A physicist would be best out of it' - George Briggs and the United Nations Atomic Energy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, set up by agreement between the great powers, was thus charged with a 'dual obligation' to ensure 'both the banning of the new energy as a weapon and the development of it for peaceful purposes'.
		Atomic energy seemed likely to offer great benefits to Australia, and CSIR was keen to undertake some sort of research programme, but first it needed information.
		By accelerating the development of the peaceful uses of atomic energy the UNAEC could create the sort of trust that was necessary 'to simultaneously remove the dangers and grasp the benefits presented by this new discovery'.
	www.discontents.com.au /words/briggs.php (5055 words)

	SAEC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was establishment in 1957, Sudan joined IAEA in 1958.
		" In 1973 the Sudan Atomic Energy Committee was established by an Act, accordingly, the responsibility was passed from the Geological Authorities to the Chairman of the National Council for Research.
		While Sudan Atomic Energy Committee continued with its coordination responsibilities under the Minister, the services and research responsibilities were transferred to the new Institute of Atomic Energy Research under NCR.
	www.sudan-most.net /SST/SAEC/SAEC.htm (1534 words)

	Alsos: A History of the Atomic Energy Commission
		This short report chronicles the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from its founding in 1946 until 1974, when its responsibilities were assumed by the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
		The AEC took over the Manhattan Engineering District from the United States Army and was in charge of research and technical aspects of nuclear energy.
		The article covers important events concerning nuclear energy in the AEC and in the world, such as the first Soviet nuclear explosion and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act.
	alsos.wlu.edu /information.aspx?id=1945 (126 words)

	The Avalon Project : United States Atomic Energy Commission. In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
		The Commission by a vote of 4 to1 decided that Dr. Oppenheimer should be denied access to restricted data.
		The problem before this Commission is whether Dr. Oppenheimer's status as a consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission constitutes a security risk.
		I think the Commission is clearly obligated to determine whether Dr. Oppenheimer may continue to carry out this function and whether scientists may continue to call upon him as they have in the past in regard to highly classified material.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/abomb/opp06.htm (10760 words)

	Israel Atomic Energy Commission - Israel Special Weapons
		The Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) was established in 1952, under the Office of the Prime Minister.
		The Israel Atomic Energy Commission advises the Government on all matters concerning the advancement of nuclear research and development, and the setting of nuclear policy and priorities.
		When the Israel Atomic Energy Commission was established, the Isotope Research Department's experience and results were put at its disposal.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/israel/agency/iaec.htm (603 words)

	Atomic Energy Commission
		The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.
		The commission’s most controversial advice was that the United States should continue to expand its atomic bomb arsenal rather than develop hydrogen bombs, which the committee deemed to be too destructive to have any purely military purpose.
		His view was that the AEC was supposed to develop nuclear weapons of the greatest military value and that the test moratorium that Eisenhower had declared in 1958 was contrary to that mission.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1813.html (959 words)

	Vanguard - National News : Obasanjo inaugurates Nuclear Energy Commission
		ABUJA—Nigeria’s quest for energy self sufficiency and acquisition of nuclear technology got a big boost yesterday with President Olusegun Obasanjo inaugurating the Board of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), whose responsibility would be to realize the dreams.
		I have therefore directed the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission to work with all other stakeholder agencies and the Ministry of Justice to develop the requisite legal framework for the consideration of the National Assembly”, he said.
		“The International Atomic Energy Agency and our friendly development partners who have attained proficiency in the development and deployment of nuclear power plants for electricity generation, it takes about 10-12 years from project conception and planning to the actual commissioning of a nuclear power plant project.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/north/nt301082006.html (495 words)

	Atomic Energy Commission
		The Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
		The Atomic Energy Commission advises the Government on all matters related to nuclear research and development, determining policy and priorities in this field, implementing policies outlined by the government and representing the State of Israel to national and international institutions dealing with nuclear power (i.e.
		The director of the unit is also the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Commission.
	www.pmo.gov.il /nr/exeres/ECF7404D-17F1-4B92-B309-C422F70470C8.htm (265 words)

	A brief history of ANSTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In an event which was to have considerable later bearing on the operations of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC), later ANSTO, a Mr J M White, was paid the maximum award of $25,000 for discovering an ore of major economic importance.
		The Atomic Energy Act 1953, designed to bring together all matters connected with atomic energy in one piece of legislation, became law two days before.
		The Research Reactor Review, commissioned by the Federal Government to ascertain the need for a replacement reactor for ANSTO, recommended that a decision should be made in five years time, "when the relative arguments relating to spallation sources, cyclotrons and reactors might be clearer, and when Australia's scientific neutron scattering performance is more evident".
	www.ansto.gov.au /ansto/history.html (1881 words)

	CNRS - Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission - background
		The Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission (LAEC) was established in 1996 with the support and collaboration of the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Arabic Atomic Energy Commission, in order to promote the peaceful application of atomic energy in Lebanon.
		The Commission is the only institution of its kind within the CNRS.
		The Commission is currently involved in environmental and food monitoring programmes using state of the art equipment and techniques.
	www.cnrs.edu.lb /research/ecbackground.html (90 words)

	IAEC
		David Ben-Gurion, then Prime Minister of Israel, declared the establishment of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC).
		The commission implements governmental policies and represents the State of Israel in international organizations in the nuclear field, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency.
		The Commission's activities began in a research institute near Rehovot.
	www.iaec.gov.il /pages/card_eng.asp (170 words)

	NRC: Our History
		Before the NRC was created, nuclear regulation was the responsibility of the AEC, which Congress first established in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.
		The AEC and the NRC published standards that were intended to provide an ample margin of safety from radiation that was generated by the activities of its licensees.
		The focus of the regulatory programs of the AEC and the NRC was prevention of a major reactor accident that would threaten public health and safety.
	www.nrc.gov /who-we-are/history.html (946 words)

	Atomic Energy Commission
		The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was first set up in August 1948 in the then Department of Scientific Research, which was created a few months earlier in June 1948.
		Subsequently, in accordance with a Government Resolution dated March 1, 1958, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established in the Department of Atomic Energy.
		According to the Resolution constituting the AEC, the Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Atomic Energy is ex-officio Chairman of the Commission.
	www.aec.gov.in (184 words)

	Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		shall seek to regulate the safe and peaceful use of atomic energy, promote and expand the contribution of atomic energy and nuclear technology to health and prosperity throughout the United Republic of Tanzania.
		The commission implements governmental policies and represents the United Republic of Tanzania in international organizations in the nuclear field, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency.
		The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objectives are to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving general and complete disarmament.
	www.taec.or.tz (713 words)

	Key Issues: Nuclear Energy: History: Atomic Energy Commission Minutes
		The remainder of the Session, which Dr. Rowe joined, was devoted to continuing the discussion of our present policy and the role of atomic energy in present and future implementation of developing policy.
		During this portion of this Session, the Committee agreed that the Commission should feel free to use as it wished the reports and written views it would receive from the Committee.
		A report by the Chairman addressed to the Chairman of the AEC, consisting of a covering letter and two Parts, approved by all members of the Committee (except Dr. Seaborg, who was not present).
	www.nuclearfiles.org /menu/key-issues/nuclear-energy/history/aec_minutes_1949-10-28.htm (897 words)

	Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There has been active interest in the use of nuclear energy for sea water desalination by IAEA member states and PAEC is also participating in these activities of the Agency.
		Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission has benefitted immensely towards socio-economic development of the country through peaceful application of nuclear technology in the domains of health, agriculture, nuclear power and problem-specific research.
		AEA National Workshop on “Strengthening Oversight Competency and Self Assessment Programmes” under the IAEA Regional Assistance Programme RAS/09/025 was held at CHASNUPP-1 from October 30- November 03, 2006.
	www.paec.gov.pk (354 words)

	Atomic Energy Commission - 25 Year Anniversary (1971) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This medallion (2" diameter) was produced in 1971 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).
		In essence, the AEC was created in 1946 to assume the responsibility for managing atomic energy.
		A History of the United States Attomic Energy Commission.
	www.orau.org /PTP/collection/medalsmementoes/AEC25years.htm (95 words)

	Atomic Heritage Foundation: The Cold War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		First, the Commission established a national laboratory system that could provide universities in different areas of the country with access to nuclear reactors and high energy accelerators.
		These enormously expensive tools were essential for universities to pursue the next steps in research in the fundamentals of nuclear science, its application in biomedical sciences and other fields, and training of young scientists.
		In addition, the new Atomic Energy Commission launched a "Plowshare Program" with projects that involved peaceful applications of the atomic energy such as mining, oil drilling, and large-scale engineering projects such as canal, harbor, and dam construction.
	www.atomicheritage.org /coldwar.htm (726 words)

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