U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
United States, Govt Org (1947 to 1974)- • Formed after WW2 to develop commercial nuclear power technologies, and to oversee nuclear weapons programs at the "National Laboratories".
- • 1974 : Renamed the "Energy Research and Development Administration" (1974-77)
- • 1977 : Functions transferred to the Department of Energy
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| SchlesingerJR | Officer | |||||
| SeaborgGT | Officer | |||||
| McConeJA | Officer | |||||
| StraussLL | Officer | |||||
| DeanGE | Officer | |||||
| OppenheimerJR | Advisor | |||||
| LilienthalDE | Officer | |||||
| USERDA | Spinoff | |||||
| Spinoff | ManhattanProj | |||||
| Life of | USAEC | |||||
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- Schlesinger, James R. (Officer of, 1971 to 1973-01) -- Duck | Google | Bing
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- McCone, John A. (Officer of, 1958 to 1960) -- Duck | Google | Bing
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- Strauss, Lewis L. (Officer of, 1953 to 1958) -- Duck | Google | Bing
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- Dean, Gordon E. (Officer of, 1950 to 1953) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert (Advisor of, 1947 to 1952) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Chairman of the General Advisory Committee
- • 1953 : Forced to step down due to his Communist associations
- Lilienthal, David E. (Officer of, 1946 to 1950) -- Duck | Google | Bing
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- U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration (Spinoff of, 1974) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • AEC R&D functions transferred to ERDA
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- • Facilities of the Manhattan Project transferred to Atomic Energy Commission after WW2