Acheson–Lilienthal Report

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The Acheson–Lilienthal Report was a 1946 U.S. government study that proposed an international authority to control atomic energy and prevent nuclear weapons proliferation in the early Cold War era.

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instanceOf government report
policy proposal
aimedTo establish international ownership of dangerous nuclear activities
prevent nuclear weapons proliferation
archivedAt U.S. National Archives NERFINISHED
associatedWith U.S. atomic energy policy formation
commissionedBy Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED
concernedWith peaceful uses of atomic energy
prevention of atomic arms race
context United States nuclear monopoly
post–World War II atomic diplomacy
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dateCompleted March 1946
draftedBy David E. Lilienthal NERFINISHED
Dean Acheson NERFINISHED
J. Robert Oppenheimer NERFINISHED
a panel of nuclear scientists
field arms control
international security
nuclear policy
genre policy study
historicalPeriod early Cold War
influenced Baruch Plan NERFINISHED
influencedDebateOn global nuclear governance
international atomic energy regulation
inspiredBy concerns over future nuclear war
intendedAudience U.S. government policymakers
language English
mainSubject international control of atomic energy
nuclear weapons proliferation
namedAfter David E. Lilienthal NERFINISHED
Dean Acheson NERFINISHED
proposedBy United States Department of State NERFINISHED
proposedCreationOf international atomic development authority NERFINISHED
proposedMechanism licensing of non-dangerous nuclear activities to nations
transfer of certain nuclear activities to international ownership
proposedPolicy inspection and control of nuclear activities by an international authority
international ownership of all dangerous phases of the nuclear fuel cycle
publicationYear 1946
recommendedAgainst reliance solely on national safeguards for atomic energy
relatedTo United Nations Atomic Energy Commission NERFINISHED
status unimplemented as originally proposed
timePeriod postwar era
typeOfControlEnvisioned supranational control of atomic energy

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