United States Atomic Energy Commission

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defunct independent agency of the United States government nuclear energy regulatory body

The United States Atomic Energy Commission was the federal agency that oversaw and regulated the development, production, and civilian use of nuclear energy and weapons in the United States during the early Cold War era.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission	11
Atomic Energy Commission	9
Atomic Energy Commission (certain functions)	1
Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission	1
United States Atomic Energy Commission (as advisor)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct independent agency of the United States government ⓘ nuclear energy regulatory body ⓘ
chairperson	David E. Lilienthal ⓘ Glenn T. Seaborg ⓘ Gordon Dean ⓘ James R. Schlesinger ⓘ Lewis L. Strauss ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolutionLegalBasis	Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ
dissolved	1974 ⓘ
employed	J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalRole	central agency in U.S. nuclear policy during the Cold War ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ⓘ
mainResponsibility	development of civilian nuclear power ⓘ development of nuclear weapons ⓘ management of nuclear materials ⓘ oversight of nuclear weapons production complex ⓘ promotion of nuclear power ⓘ regulation of civilian use of nuclear energy ⓘ
notableEvent	revocation of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s security clearance in 1954 ⓘ
oversawFacility	Hanford Site, Washington ⓘ surface form: Hanford Site Idaho National Engineering Laboratory ⓘ Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory ⓘ Savannah River Site ⓘ
oversawProject	United States nuclear weapons testing program ⓘ development of nuclear reactors for power generation ⓘ
parentAgency	Executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
policyOrientation	promotion and regulation of nuclear energy ⓘ
precededBy	wartime Manhattan Project management under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	separation of promotional and regulatory functions in nuclear energy ⓘ
regulatoryScope	civilian nuclear power plants in the United States ⓘ use of nuclear materials in medicine and research ⓘ
replaced	Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ surface form: Manhattan Engineer District
shortName	AEC ⓘ
successor	U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: Department of Energy U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: Energy Research and Development Administration U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ surface form: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
timePeriod	early Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 → abolishedAgency → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

Public Law 93-438 → abolishedAgency → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

U.S. thermonuclear weapons program → administeredBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission → appointedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Savannah River Site → builtFor → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Department of Energy Organization Act → consolidatedAgency → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission (certain functions)

Atomic Energy Act of 1946 → createdAgency → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

McMahon Act → createdAgency → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Manhattan District → dissolvedInto → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

David E. Lilienthal → employer → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Glenn T. Seaborg → employer → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Gordon Dean → employer → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

John von Neumann → employer → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Walter Zinn → employer → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Atomic Energy Act of 1946 → established → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Public Law 79-585 → established → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory → establishedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Oak Ridge Associated Universities → foundedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory → foundedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

AEC → fullName → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

IAS machine → fundedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

Radiation Laboratory → governingBody → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission → hasDefendant → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

David E. Lilienthal → memberOf → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Edward Teller → memberOf → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Atomic Energy Commission (as advisor)

Lewis L. Strauss → memberOf → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Willard F. Libby → memberOf → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

H Reactor → operatedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Idaho National Engineering Laboratory → operatedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

K-West Reactor → operatedBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

C Reactor → operator → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

K-East Reactor → operator → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

N Reactor → operator → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Special Power Excursion Reactor Test series → operator → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

United States nuclear weapons testing → operator → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 → originallyAdministeredBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

K-East Reactor → owner → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission → parentOrganization → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Lewis L. Strauss → positionHeld → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission

Energy Research and Development Administration → precededBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission → precededBy → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

Atomic Energy Act of 1946 → relatedTo → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

McMahon Act → relatedTo → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Public Law 93-438 → reorganizedAgency → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

ERDA → replaced → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission → subordinateTo → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

Manhattan District → successor → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → successor → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

MED → successor → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

subject surface form: Manhattan Engineer District

Manhattan Project → successor → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ