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Definition of Atomic energy commission
1. Noun. A former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
Generic synonyms: Executive Agency
Group relationships: Executive Branch, Executive Office Of The President
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atomic Energy Commission
Literary usage of Atomic energy commission
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nuclear Legislation: Analytical Study : Regulatory and Institutional by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2000)
"One is the atomic energy commission whose functions were reduced; the other is
the Atomic Energy Safety Commission which took responsibility for those ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"He has served as research director for the atomic energy commission (AEC), as
chairman of the AEC's General Advisory Committee, and as a member of the ..."
3. How to Get It: A Guide to Defense-Related Information Sources (1993)
"... atomic energy commission-Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Technical
Publication See: Joint Nuclear Weapons Publication System ..."
4. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"How well the atomic energy commission would be able to manage the nuclear ...
What was clear as the atomic energy commission took over at the beginning of ..."
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