December 8, 1953 – President Eisenhower Gives His “Atoms For Peace” Speech, Promoting Atomic Power for Peaceful Purposes
March 30, 1953 – The Mark 1 Prototype Naval Reactor Starts Up
December 1951 – Experimental Breeder Reactor (EBR-1) at Argonne National Laboratory in Idaho Produces Electricity
August 1, 1946 – President Trumen Signs the Atomic Energy Act, Creating the Atomic Energy Commission to Oversee Peacetime Development of Atomic Science and Technology
