I want to know the answer to the following question:
What was the AEC working on at this time?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Among Ike's objectives in not directly confronting McCarthy was to prevent McCarthy from dragging the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) into McCarthy's witch hunt for communists, which would interfere with, and perhaps delay, the AEC's important work on H-bombs.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes