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The history of 1980 to 2001
This is a timeline of the history in 1980 - 2001. There are many dates that are not included, but theses are a few dates that I researched. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronal Reagan was president from 1981 to 1989. Through his eight years in office the Cold War came to an end. The country regained its morale, and Americans enjoyed an extended economic boom. -
MTV
Robert Pittman, Les Garland, John Sykes, Tom Freston founded the MTV -
Secretary of Energy
James B. Edwards is sworn in as third Secretary of Energy. -
Signs Executive Order 12287
President Reagan signs Executive Order 12287, which provides for the decontrol of crude oil and refined petroleum products. -
U.S. Department of Energy
Secretary Edwards announces a major reorganization of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to improve management and increase emphasis on research, development, and production -
The Reagan Administration announces a nuclear energy policy
The Reagan Administration announces a nuclear energy policy that anticipates the establishment of a facility for the storage of high-level radioactive waste and lifts the ban on commercial reprocessing of nuclear fuel. -
DOE
President Reagan proposes legislation transferring most responsibilities of DOE to the U.S. Department of Commerce. -
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
President Reagan signs the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the nation's first comprehensive nuclear waste legislation. -
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Office
DOE establishes the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Office. -
The National Coal Council
The National Coal Council is established to advise both government and industry on ways to improve cooperation in areas of coal. -
John S. Herrington
John S. Herrington is sworn in as fifth Secretary of Energy. -
Nuclear Accident
A major nuclear accident occurs at Chernobyl Reactor #4 near Pripyat, Ukraine in the Soviet Union, spreading radioactive contamination over a large area. -
Rollboard
This was invented by Northwest Airlines pilot Robert Plath -
Approval of construction of the Superconducting Super Collider
Secretary Herrington announces President Reagan's approval of construction of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC), the world's largest and most advanced particle accelerator. -
Superconducting Super Collider.
Secretary Herrington designates Texas as the site for the Superconducting Super Collider. -
George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush was in office from 1989 - 1993. He brought a wish to make the United States "a kinder and gentler nation -
Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
DOE establishes the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management within DOE. The office consolidates activities that had been spread throughout DOE. -
Soviet Union collapses.
President Bush declares the end of the Cold War as the Soviet Union collapses. -
Gulf War
This war was fought between 1990 and 1991. The war was fought between Iraq and the coalition forces of 34 nations that were authorized by the UN, after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The war ended with the coalition victory, and Kuwait was liberated. -
Iraq invades and seizes Kuwait
This created a major international crisis. DOE announces plans to increase oil production and decrease consumption to counter Iraqi-Kuwaiti oil losses. -
Department's National Energy Strategy
President George Bush presents the Department's National Energy Strategy to Congress and the American people. -
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
President Bush signs the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which will reduce nuclear weapon stockpiles to 6,000 "accountable" warheads. -
unilateral cuts in the nuclear weapon arsenal
President Bush announces additional unilateral cuts in the nuclear weapon arsenal. -
Underground nuclear weapons test
The United States conducts its last underground nuclear weapons test. Congress imposes a temporary moratorium on nuclear weapons testing. -
Energy Policy Act of 1992
President Bush signs the Energy Policy Act of 1992, which assists the implementation of the National Energy Strategy. -
William J. Clinton
William J. Clinton was president from 1993 - 2001. During Clinton's two presidential terms, Bill Clinton presided over economic expansion and achieved the first budget surplus in decades. After attempting a major reform of the health care system, Clinton shifted his policy focus, declaring that "the era of big government is over." -
Terminate Superconducting Super Collider.
Congress votes to terminate the Superconducting Super Collider. -
stabilize greenhouse gas emissions
President Clinton announces that the United States will stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 -
Climate Change Action Plan
President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore unveil the Climate Change Action Plan, emphasizing voluntary measures to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions. -
The U.S. Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the completion of a highly classified interagency operation to transfer weapons-grade highly enriched uranium out of Kazakhstan to DOE's Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. -
DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Physicists at DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announce the discovery of the subatomic particle called the top quark, the last undiscovered quark of the six predicted to exist by current scientific theory. -
Radioactive liquid wastes
Vitrification in glass canisters of highly radioactive liquid wastes begins at the West Valley Demonstration Project in upstate New York. -
The Plutonium Uranium Extraction Facility
The Plutonium Uranium Extraction Facility (PUREX), the largest of the Nation's Cold War plutonium processing plants, is deactivated a year ahead of schedule -
Secretary of Energy
The Senate unanimously confirms the nomination of Bill Richardson as Secretary of Energy. -
Savannah River
DOE announces that Savannah River will be the site of a plant that will disassemble pits from nuclear weapons and convert the recovered metal to an oxide, beginning a process of destroying rather than creating weapons-grade plutonium. -
Oil-rich land
Secretary Richardson announces the return of 90,000 acres of oil-rich lands to the Northern Ute Tribe, one of the largest voluntary returns of Indian lands ever. -
War in Afganistan
This war was fought between 2001 and on going. Operation Enduring Freedom is the U.S. led effort to drive al-Qaeda and Taliban forces from power in Afghanistan. The war is still ongoing today. -
Senator Spencer Abraham
President-elect Bush nominates outgoing Senator Spencer Abraham (R-Michigan) as Secretary of Energy.