General Advisory Committee

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United States federal advisory body scientific advisory committee

The General Advisory Committee was a high-level scientific advisory body that counseled the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on nuclear research, policy, and weapons development in the mid-20th century.

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Label	Occurrences
General Advisory Committee canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal advisory body ⓘ scientific advisory committee ⓘ
advisedOn	hydrogen bomb program ⓘ nuclear reactor development ⓘ nuclear weapons testing policy ⓘ peacetime uses of atomic energy ⓘ thermonuclear weapons development ⓘ
appointedBy	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
chairperson	J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ
composition	leading American scientists ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
describedAs	high-level scientific advisory body ⓘ
dissolved	1950s ⓘ
field	atomic energy ⓘ nuclear policy ⓘ nuclear science ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ
hasRole	advising on nuclear policy ⓘ advising on nuclear research priorities ⓘ advising on nuclear weapons development ⓘ providing scientific and technical assessments ⓘ
inception	1947 ⓘ
influenced	U.S. nuclear research priorities ⓘ early U.S. nuclear weapons policy ⓘ
legalBasis	Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableMember	Carroll L. Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyril S. Smith ⓘ Enrico Fermi ⓘ Hartley Rowe ⓘ I. I. Rabi ⓘ surface form: Isidor Isaac Rabi J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ James B. Conant ⓘ Lee A. DuBridge ⓘ Oliver E. Buckley ⓘ
oversightArea	nuclear policy recommendations ⓘ nuclear research ⓘ nuclear weapons development ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
partOf	United States nuclear weapons program oversight structure ⓘ
scope	civilian nuclear applications ⓘ national security ⓘ
shortName	GAC ⓘ
significantEvent	recommendation against crash program for hydrogen bomb in 1949 ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ

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General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission → shortName → General Advisory Committee ⓘ

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