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, atomic, energy and/or commission:
“The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forced—by what? By a system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
“Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation ... are looking for someone to listen to their problems and help them communicate.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“Reckoned physiologically, everything ugly weakens and afflicts man. It recalls decay, danger, impotence; he actually suffers a loss of energy in its presence. The effect of the ugly can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever man feels in any way depressed, he senses the proximity of something “ugly.” His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pride—they decline with the ugly, they increase with the beautiful.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don’t want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them.”
—Marian Wright Edelman (20th century)