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The Big Inch crude-oil pipeline is completed
This pipeline served as an alternative to tankers, which were being sunk easily by German submarines during war. It supplied petroleum to the East Coast to meet the demands of the European war fronts.
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The Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act
Congress passes this act, which authorizes the Bureau of Mines to build energy laboratories for research.
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Expansion of the Atomic Energy Commission facilities
President Truman put $1.4 billion into expanding the facilities in order to make uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons.
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"Mike"
The Atomic Energy Commissions activate the first thermonuclear device in the Pacific.
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"Atoms for Peace"
President Eisenhower delivers a speech to the United Nations to try and develop peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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Atomic Energy Act of 1954
President Eisenhower signs this act to create a path for a civilian nuclear power program.
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SNAP-10A
The United States launches the first nuclear reactor.
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Blackout
This date marked the first major U.S blackout located in the northeast.
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National Environmental Policy Act
President Johnson signs this act to enforce a safer and cleaner environment.
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Energy Policy Office
President Nixon creates this office to allow a place for energy policies to be made at a presidential level.(https://energy.gov/management/office-management/operational-management/history/doe-history-timeline/timeline-events-1)
