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Atomic Energy: 7 Key Issues

Anderson, Sen. Clinton P. | April 4, 1959 issue

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The article outlines the major problems faced by the U.S. atomic energy program and clarifies the positions taken by various participants. The key players in the U.S. atomic energy programs are the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, the Atomic Energy Commission, the State Department, the Department of Defense, the Bureau of the Budget and other committees in the U.S. Congress. Much of the atomic-energy controversy stems from differences of opinion between the Joint Committee and the U.S. Administration over the need for increased plutonium production. This difference extends into national defense, foreign policy and the civilian-reactor program.

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NUCLEAR energy -- Government policy; NATIONAL security; INTERNATIONAL relations; NUCLEAR facilities; POWER resources; UNITED States
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