The Atomic Energy Commission Under Nixon

G. Seaborg

• 15 juni 1993
• 9780312078997

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Dr. Seaborg describes how the Atomic Energy Commission, shorn of much of the political immunity of its early years, sought to maintain its programmes and ultimately its very existence, while besieged by competing pressures from the White House, other government agencies, anti-nuclear activists, industry, state governments, and Congress.



Revealing what it was like to be Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during the Richard Nixon presidency, Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg draws from his diary, enabling the reader to be a fly on the wall during meetings with Nixon, Henry Kissinger and other key policymakers. During the Nixon period, the debate over how to deal with the Soviets on nuclear issues and arms control remained central. On the domestic scene, efforts to promote and regulate the growth of a nuclear power industry were complicated by a rising tide of environmental protest. Dr. Seaborg describes how the Atomic Energy Commission, shorn of much of the political immunity of its early years, sought to maintain its programmes and ultimately its very existence, while besieged by competing pressures from the White House, other government agencies, anti-nuclear activists, industry, state governments and Congress.