Atomic Energy Commission
a former federal agency (1946–75) created to regulate the development of the U.S. atomic energy program: functions transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Abbreviation: AEC
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Transcripts from hearings held by the Atomic Energy Commission in 1954 have recently been declassified and studied by scholars.
By 1951, Maclean was head of the American department of the Foreign Office, with access to the US Atomic Energy Commission.
What the Spies Knew: The Secret World of Anglo-American Intelligence | Emma Garman | September 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSilkwood worked for the Kerr-McGee Corp., a contractor for the Atomic Energy Commission.
Edward Snowden’s Whistleblowing Saga Mirrors the Karen Silkwood Case | Richard Rashke | July 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLike many Atomic Energy Commission officials, Dewar saw the accident as “achieving some objectives.”
If you find a few hundred tons of it, you can sell it to the Atomic Energy Commission.
The Blue Ghost Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin
In 1952 the Atomic Energy Commission let a contract to clean up the site.
Trinity [Atomic test] Site | White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office
British Dictionary definitions for Atomic Energy Commission
(in the US) a federal board established in 1946 to administer and develop domestic atomic energy programmes: Abbreviation: AEC
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Cultural definitions for Atomic Energy Commission
An agency of the United States government from 1946 to 1974 that was charged with controlling and developing the use of atomic energy for civilian and military purposes. In 1974, the AEC was abolished, and its duties were divided between two new agencies: the Energy Research and Development Administration (now a part of the Department of Energy) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
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