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The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by Congress to foster and control the peacetime 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 energy from military to civilian hands effective from January 1 1947. Public Law 585 79th Congress.

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extinction year
1975-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
formation year
1946-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
headquarter
Germantown Maryland
location
Germantown Maryland
successor
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Energy Research and Development Administration

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