General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission

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

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government advisory body → scientific advisory committee →
advisedOn	U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile policy → basic nuclear science research programs → development of thermonuclear weapons → reactor development for power generation →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal government →
appointedBy	United States Atomic Energy Commission →
chairperson	J. Robert Oppenheimer → James B. Conant →
composition	engineers → leading American physicists → scientific administrators →
country	United States →
dissolved	1974 →
field	nuclear energy → nuclear policy → nuclear research → nuclear weapons →
hasRole	advising on civilian uses of atomic energy → advising on nuclear energy policy → advising on nuclear research priorities → advising on nuclear weapons development →
inception	1947 →
legalBasis	Atomic Energy Act of 1946 →
location	Washington, D.C. →
notableEvent	recommendation against crash program for hydrogen bomb in 1949 →
notableMember	Enrico Fermi → Hartley Rowe → Isidor Isaac Rabi → J. Robert Oppenheimer → James B. Conant → Lee A. DuBridge → Oliver E. Buckley →
parentOrganization	United States Atomic Energy Commission →
reasonForDissolution	reorganization of U.S. federal energy agencies in the 1970s →
replacedBy	Energy Research and Development Administration advisory structures →
scope	civilian applications of atomic energy → international implications of nuclear policy → military applications of atomic energy →
shortName	GAC → General Advisory Committee →
subordinateTo	United States Atomic Energy Commission →
timePeriod	Cold War →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
I. I. Rabi →	memberOf