Organization and Administration of the United States Atomic Energy Commission

Abstract

TITHIN a few weeks after the first atomic bombs had exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Congress of the United States, in full realization of the tremendous potentialities of the new force, addressed itself to the difficult task of creating an act of public policy to guide its further development. The lucid declaration of policy contained in the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 is the result of months of hearing and considering the testimony of scientists, military experts, administrators, and men of affairs qualified to evaluate the manifold aspects of the nation's atomic energy project. The Special Committee on Atomic Energy of the United States Senate unanimously reported the draft bill, the Senate voted unanimous approval, and an overwhelming majority of the members of the House concurred in the expression of policy which follows: