[DOC] [TLE] United States Atomic Energy Commission - Wikipedia [PAR] The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was an agency of the 
United States government established after ... President Harry S. Truman signs 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1946  David E. Lilienthal ... The National Laboratory 
system was established from the facilities created under the Manhattan Project. 
Argonne... [DOC] [TLE] Manhattan Project - Wikipedia [PAR] The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced 
the first nuclear weapons during World War II. It was led by the United States with 
the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project 
was under the direction of Major General ... Two types of atomic bomb were 
developed during the war; a relatively... [DOC] [TLE] Atomic Energy Commission - United States History [PAR] It assumed the operations of the Manhattan Project on January 1, 1947, which ... 
of the AEC in 1974 and its replacement by two distinct agencies: the Nuclear ... 
The Atomic Energy Act of 1946, also known as the McMahon Act, decided in ... A 
general advisory committee was established to provide scientific advice to the... [DOC] [TLE] Terms and Acronyms - The National Security Archive [PAR] ... MED; predecessor to DASA, 1947-1958, and present Defense Nuclear Agency
) ... (AEC facility for nuclear research, established near Chicago in 1946; now ... 
as the Manhattan Project (AEC/AFSWP predecessor; established in 1942 under... [DOC] [TLE] Introduction: The Atomic Energy Commission and Postwar ... [PAR] The most divisive question in the creation of the new agency that would hold ... 
the Atomic Energy Commission was established by the 1946 McMahon Act, ... in 
the area of nuclear weapons, became the military heir to the Manhattan Engineer 
District. ... Even before the AEC opened its doors, Manhattan Project officials and
... [DOC] [TLE] 50 Years - Defense Threat Reduction Agency [PAR] the organization and properties of the Manhattan Project. 2. There is established, 
effective midnight 31 December 1946, a joint Army-Navy .... Project (AFSWP), the 
successor organization to the .... Defense (DoD) and AEC staff, asked AFSWP... [DOC] [TLE] History | US DOE Office of Science (SC) [PAR] Mar 5, 2016 ... The origins of the Office of Science trace to the Manhattan Project. The all-out 
effort to create the world's first nuclear weapon created a vast research ... to a 
new independent civilian agency, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), led by 
five ... President Harry S Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946... [DOC] [TLE] Acronyms and Abbreviations - Department of Energy [PAR] AEC: Atomic Energy Commission (established by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 
and ... ANL: Argonne National Laboratory (established in 1946 and operated by 
the ... DASA: Defense Atomic Support Agency (1958 AFSWP successor) ... MED: 
Manhattan Engineer District, also popularly known as the Manhattan Project... [DOC] [TLE] Civilian Control of Atomic Energy, 1945-1946 [PAR] After affected federal agencies approved, President Harry S. Truman advocated 
... known officially as the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, on August 1. AEC Seal ... 
Finally, the act established in Congress a Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (
JCAE) ... Manhattan Project assets transferred to the Atomic Energy Commission 
at... [DOC] [TLE] restricted data declassification decisions, 1946 to the present (rdd-7) [PAR] Jan 1, 2001 ... ... on August 1, 1946, established the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and ... 
The Commission established the Weapon Effects Classification Board .... It has 
long been the policy of the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies 
to ... literature which was developed outside the Manhattan Project. [DOC] [TLE] Radioisotopes as Political Instruments, 19461953 [PAR] At the same time, the bill charged the new agency with promoting civilian uses of 
.... As it developed, the purchase orders were not received in time to permit ..... As 
the successor to the Manhattan Project, the AEC had never ceased being the... [DOC] [TLE] PROJECT TRINITY 1945-1946 - Trinity Atomic Web Site [PAR] The safety criteria established for Project TRINITY were based on ... through

Question: Successor to the Manhattan Project, this agency, the AEC, was established in 1946
Answer: Atomic Energy Commission