United States Atomic Energy Commission Timeline of Events

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United States Atomic Energy Commission

The United States Atomic Energy Commission was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by Congress to foster and control the peace time development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S...

Timeline of Events

1945

4.9.1945

The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.

1962

3.4.1962

The United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that the first atomic power plant at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is in operation.

1971

11.6.1971

The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.