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Einstein Letter
Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt indicating the Germany was in the process of researching long chemical chain reactions that could lead to very strong bombs in the near future. This was very important information considering WWII was eminent. -
Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act
Congress authorizes the Bureau of Mines to build an energy research lab. -
Atomic Energy Act
Truman transferred Manhattan Project assets and responsibilities to the civilian Atomic Energy Commission. -
OPEC Created
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is created by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. -
Santa Barbara Oil Spill
200,000 gallons of crude oil were released in the Pacific Ocean creating an 800 square mile oil slick. -
Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and forty-five other nations agree to not manufacture more nuclear weapons. -
Solar Energy Research Institute established
Dedicated to finding and improving solar energy. -
Three Mile Island
Nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania. -
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
It is the nation's first comprehensive nuclear waste program. -
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Explosion and fire on oil rig drilling.
