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This act signed by Eisenhower, called for the international collaboration of the U.S. with peaceful countries interested in nuclear power, to build up atomic energy in those countries. Eisenhower included the Soviet Union in this statement but also said that his plans would go forward with the cooperation of the Soviet Union as well. The act also discussed the national use of nuclear power for energy needs and sought to quell the fear that this endeavor would be costly to the common man. The U.S. nuclear works would try to increase the standard of living, improve general well fare, and work toward world peace.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) would be allowed to oversee the nuclear power plants at home to make sure they were safe and effective for the development of nuclear energy.

Eisenhower, in his statement about the act, called for the introduction of an International Atomic Energy Agency to the UN, which would bring together countries with atomic energy instead of dividing them with atomic bombs.

Just weeks before Eisenhower signed the act, officials visited Hanford to look into nuclear reactors as energy producers for peacetime endeavors.

References


Groves Article

Eisenhower Statement

The Act

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