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Atomic Energy Commission

US federal agency that controlled atomic energy from 1947 to 1975.

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Dates
1 Jan 1947 – 19 Jan 1975
Also known as
AEC, US Atomic Energy Commission
Over time
  1. Active 1 Jan 1947 – 19 Jan 1975
  2. part of United States government 1 Jan 1947 – 19 Jan 1975

The Atomic Energy Commission was created by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 to put atomic energy under civilian control. It ran the US nuclear laboratories and weapons program until 1975, when its work passed to new agencies.

Lawrence Preston Gise, grandfather of Jeff Bezos, headed its operations in Albuquerque.

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Timeline 2 dates
  1. 1 Jan 1947 – 19 Jan 1975 Atomic Energy Commission
  2. 1 Jan 1947 – 19 Jan 1975 Atomic Energy Commission part of United States government
Proof 3 sources
  1. Person of the Year 1999: Jeff Bezos, TIME, 27 Dec 1999. Scholarship & press
    A career government employee, he moved his family to Albuquerque, N.M., where he headed the former Atomic Energy Commission's operations in a seven-state region before retiring to the Cotulla ranch at a relatively early age.
  2. Jeff Bezos: profile and interview, American Academy of Achievement. Scholarship & press
    Jeffrey’s grandfather was a regional director of the Atomic Energy Commission in Albuquerque.
  3. The Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Department of Energy, Jul 1983. Primary record
    President Harry S. Truman confirmed the civilian control of atomic energy by signing the Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946.
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