The use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) created the atomic age. A legacy of World War II, nuclear energy was seen both as a threat that might destroy the world and as a new source of energy to advance...

This agency was created in 1974 from the non-regulatory parts of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and it existed until 1977, when it was incorporated into the U.S. Department of Energy. In its short life span, the Energy Research and Development...

The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established by act of the United States Congress in 1946. It originally had a dual function: to promote the development of nuclear power and to regulate the nuclear power industry. These two functions were...

Almost a year after World War II ended, the United States Congress established the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S. Truman signed the...