Atomic Energy Commission

Many countries have or have had an Atomic Energy Commission. These include:

  • Australian Atomic Energy Commission (1952-1987)
  • Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (1973-present)
  • Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France (1945-present)
  • Atomic Energy Commission of India (1948-present)
  • Japanese Atomic Energy Commission (原子力委員会) (1955-present)
  • Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (1956-present)
  • United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (1946-1948)
  • United States Atomic Energy Commission (1946-1974)

Famous quotes containing the words atomic, energy and/or commission:

    “One has to look out for engineers—they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.”
    —Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974)

    “The persons who constitute the natural aristocracy, are not found in the actual aristocracy, or, only on its edge; as the chemical energy of the spectrum is found to be greatest just outside of the spectrum.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The Church seems to totter to its fall, almost all life extinct. On this occasion, any complaisance would be criminal which told you, whose hope and commission it is to preach the faith of Christ, that the faith of Christ is preached.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)