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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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