The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (McMahon Act) determined how the United States would control and manage the nuclear technology it had jointly developed with...
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regulation, and disposal of nuclear materials and facilities in the United States. It was an amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and substantially refined...
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development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S. Truman signed the McMahon/Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946, transferring the control of atomic...
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Atomic Energy Authority Act. The Atomic Energy Act 1946 (c. 80) The Atomic Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1981 (c. 48) The Atomic Energy Act 1989...
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establishment of the Atomic Energy Commission, through his authorship of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (the McMahon Act). McMahon served as chairman of the Senate...
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pursuant to section 142 [of the Act]. The concept was initially introduced, with similar wording, in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. It was added at a relatively...
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Commission (AEC) was created to control the future of the project. The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 also created the framework for the first National Laboratories...
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brothers William McMahon, a former Prime Minister of Australia McMahon Act, or the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 McMahon government McMahon killings McMahon ministry...
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describes the operation of nuclear weapons. It has been extensively used in reference to a clause in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, which specified that...
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Code. Antiquities Act Atomic Energy Act of 1946 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Coastal Zone Management Act Comprehensive Environmental...
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The Employment Act of 1946 ch. 33, section 2, 60 Stat. 23, codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1021, is a United States federal law. Its main purpose was to lay the...
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James R. Newman (redirect from The World of Mathematics)
Undersecretary of War, and Counsel to the US Senate Committee on Atomic Energy. In the latter capacity, he helped to draft the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. He became...
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of atomic energy was principally governed by two Acts of Parliament: the Atomic Energy Act 1946 and the Radioactive Substances Act 1948. The 1946 Act...
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Manhattan Project (redirect from Development of the atomic bomb)
underwater on 25 July 1946. Following a domestic debate over the permanent management of the nuclear program, the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 created the United...
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Tube Alloys (redirect from Directorate of Tube Alloys)
States terminated co-operation after the war ended, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. That prompted the United Kingdom to relaunch its own project...
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in the production of nuclear material for use in a nuclear weapon. The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 gave the newly-formed Atomic Energy Commission ownership...
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aspects of nuclear power from 1946 through 1977. It was established by the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and was the overseer of the United...
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The loss of the American monopoly on nuclear weapons marked the first tit-for-tat of the nuclear arms race. With the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, the U.S...
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nuclear weapons to be a joint discovery, but the American Atomic Energy Act of 1946 (McMahon Act) restricted other countries, including the UK, from access...
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Clifton Truman Daniel (category Place of birth missing (living people))
Nagasaki in 2012, the sites where his grandfather had ordered the only use of atomic bombs for warfare in history. He has frequently been asked to comment...
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Ernest Titterton (category Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science)
passage of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, known as the McMahon Act, all British government employees had to leave. He was the last member of the British...
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speech directly led to changes to the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 This act was later known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and eased restrictions on nuclear...
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passing, or passing the buck, or sometimes (playing) the blame game, is the act of attributing to another person or group one's own responsibility. It is often...
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British contribution to the Manhattan Project (category History of the Manhattan Project)
Operation Crossroads nuclear tests in 1946. Cooperation ended with the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, known as the McMahon Act, and Ernest Titterton, the last British...
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the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project...
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The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care published 1946 – Employment Act 1946 – United States Atomic Energy Act of 1946 1946 – President's Committee...
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The Atomic Industrial Forum (AIF) was an industrial policy organization for the commercial development of nuclear power and energy. The Atomic Industrial...
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Gordon Dean (lawyer) (category Chairmen of the United States Atomic Energy Commission)
Senator (elected in 1944), author of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and chair of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee of Congress. During August 1949–January...
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of atomic weapons and believed that the Soviets would find having multiple nuclear-armed Western opponents more difficult. Because the Atomic Energy Act...
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United States was not exchanging any nuclear knowledge because of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. However, the British were allowed to observe the U.S. Castle...
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