Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission

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The Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission was the top federal official responsible for overseeing the nation’s civilian and military nuclear energy programs and related policy during the commission’s existence.

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instanceOf federal government office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
abolishedIn Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1975 ⓘ
fieldOfWork civilian nuclear power ⓘ
military nuclear weapons programs ⓘ
nuclear energy policy ⓘ
nuclear research and development ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver United States national laboratories operated under the AEC ⓘ
licensing of civilian nuclear facilities (before 1975) ⓘ
management of nuclear weapons production complex (before 1975) ⓘ
headOf United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ⓘ
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
officeHolder David E. Lilienthal ⓘ
Dixy Lee Ray ⓘ
Glenn T. Seaborg ⓘ
Gordon Dean ⓘ
James R. Schlesinger ⓘ
John A. McCone ⓘ
Lewis L. Strauss ⓘ
William A. Anders ⓘ
linked to: William Anders
officeHolderNumber first chairman: David E. Lilienthal ⓘ
last chairman: William A. Anders ⓘ
officeTerm fixed term subject to statutory provisions ⓘ
partOf United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
replacedBy Administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration ⓘ
Chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor formulation of national nuclear energy policy ⓘ
oversight of U.S. civilian nuclear energy programs ⓘ
oversight of U.S. military nuclear energy programs ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority nationwide ⓘ
seat Washington, D.C. ⓘ
selectionMethod presidential appointment with Senate confirmation ⓘ
significantEvent oversight of U.S. atmospheric nuclear testing era ⓘ
oversight of early U.S. nuclear power plant development ⓘ
transition to greater civilian nuclear power emphasis after 1954 ⓘ
supervises commissioners of the United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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James R. Schlesinger → positionHeld → Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
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