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.

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

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

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970 → transferredFunctionsFrom → United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atomic Energy Commission