President Harry Truman signs the McMahon/Atomic
President Harry Truman signs the McMahon/Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946. It transferred control of atomic energy from military to a civilian authority, the Atomic Energy Commission. The AEC oversaw the plants, laboratories, equipment, and personnel assembled during the World War 2 production of the atomic bomb. L-R, standing: Sumner Pike; Col. Kenneth D. Nichols; No ID; Gen. Leslie Groves; Lewis Strauss, William W. Waymack. L-R, seated: No ID, President Truman; David Lillenthal (BSLOC_2021_3_33)
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