Energy Research and Development Administration

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The Energy Research and Development Administration was a former U.S. government agency responsible for coordinating federal energy research, development, and nuclear energy programs in the mid-1970s.

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Generate an image of the Energy Research and Development Administration (The Energy Research and Development Administration was a former U.S. government agency responsible for coordinating federal energy research, development, and nuclear energy programs in the mid-1970s.)

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instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
defunct government agency ⓘ
abbreviation ERDA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDissolved 1977-10-01 ⓘ
dateFounded 1975-01-19 ⓘ
dissolutionCause creation of the United States Department of Energy ⓘ
fieldOfWork energy research ⓘ
energy technology development ⓘ
nuclear energy ⓘ
formedFrom energy research functions of other federal agencies ⓘ
research and development functions of the Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
hasObjective to coordinate federal energy research and development ⓘ
to manage nuclear energy programs safely ⓘ
to support development of new energy sources ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
isPartOf United States energy policy history ⓘ
jurisdiction Federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalStatus independent agency of the United States government ⓘ
legislatedBy Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ
mandate to consolidate federal energy research and development activities ⓘ
mergedInto United States Department of Energy ⓘ
notableEvent transfer of its functions to the Department of Energy in 1977 ⓘ
operated national nuclear laboratories ⓘ
nuclear weapons production sites ⓘ
parentAgency Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
precededBy Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
replaced Atomic Energy Commission in nuclear R&D functions ⓘ
responsibility coordination of federal energy research and development programs ⓘ
development of alternative energy technologies ⓘ
energy conservation research ⓘ
management of nuclear energy research and development ⓘ
management of nuclear weapons production facilities ⓘ
management of nuclear weapons research and development ⓘ
sector energy ⓘ
startPeriod mid-1970s ⓘ
succeededBy United States Department of Energy ⓘ
supervisedBy Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ

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Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 → createdAgency → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 → assignedFunctionTo → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 → transferredPromotionalFunctionsTo → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
U.S. Department of Energy → precededBy → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
AEC → replacedBy → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
AEC → successorAgencyFunction → Energy Research and Development Administration handled energy R&D functions later absorbed into Department of Energy ⓘ
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Department of Energy Organization Act → consolidatedAgency → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Department of Energy Organization Act → createdSuccessorTo → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Energy Research and Development Administration → supervisedBy → Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
linked to: Energy Research and Development Administration
Public Law 93-438 → createdAgency → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Public Law 93-438 → transferredFunctionTo → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Public Law 93-438 → relatedTo → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
ERDA → fullName → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
93-438 → transfersEnergyResearchFunctionsTo → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
93-438 → relatedTo → Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
DR Reactor → operatedBy → U.S. Department of Energy predecessor agencies ⓘ
linked to: Energy Research and Development Administration