What is United States Atomic Energy Commission?
[[File:US Atomic Energy Commission logo.jpg|thumb|Shield of the United States Atomic Energy Commission]] The '''United States Atomic Energy Commission''' was an [[agency]] of the [[United States]] [[government]], started after [[World War II]] by the [[United States Congress]]. It was made to help the development of [[Atomic nucleus|atomic]] [[science]] and [[technology]]. This was because the control of atomic energy was transferred from the military to the people after [[president]] [[Harry S. Truman]] signed the McMahon/Atomic Energy Act in 1946.<ref>Barton C. Hacker, ''Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1947-1974'' (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994), pp. 11–12</ref> Congress then declared that atomic energy should be used for [[peace]], not [[nuclear war]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/glossary/atomic-energy-commission.html [[Category:United States government agencies]] [[Category:United States Department of Energy]] [[Category:Nuclear energy]] {{US-stub}}