Many countries have or have had an Atomic Energy Commission. These include:
- Australian Atomic Energy Commission (1952-1987)
- Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (1973-present)
- Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France (1945-present)
- Atomic Energy Commission of India (1948-present)
- Japanese Atomic Energy Commission (原子力委員会) (1955-present)
- Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (1956-present)
- United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (1946-1948)
- United States Atomic Energy Commission (1946-1974)
Famous quotes containing the words atomic energy, atomic, energy and/or commission:
“The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon us the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. We do not choose our problems, we do not choose our products; we are pushed, we are forced—by what? By a system which has no purpose and goal transcending it, and which makes man its appendix.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
“Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation ... are looking for someone to listen to their problems and help them communicate.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“Since the beginning of time, three-quarters of the mental energy and of the lies inspired by vanity have been expended for their inferiors by people who are only abased by such expenditure. And Swann, who was easygoing and unaffected with a duchess, trembled at the thought of being scorned and put on airs when he was with a housemaid.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
“A sense of humour keen enough to show a man his own absurdities as well as those of other people will keep a man from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those that are worth committing.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)