Corporate entry Australian Atomic Energy Commission (1952 - 1981)
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 27 November 1952
Coogee, New South Wales, Australia - To
- 31 March 1981
- Functions
- Advisory or regulatory body and Energy
- Reference No
- CA 278
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Coogee, New South Wales
Summary
The Australian Atomic Energy Commission was established in November 1952, replacing the Atomic Energy Policy Committee.
Related entries
Timeline
1949 - 1952 Industrial Atomic Energy Policy Committee
1952 Atomic Energy Policy Committee
1952 - 1981 Australian Atomic Energy Commission
1958 - 1981 Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Research Establishment
1981 - 1987 Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Laboratories
1981 - 1987 CSIRO Division of Energy Chemistry
1981 - 1987 Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Laboratories
1987 - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Fuel Technology
1988 - 1990 CSIRO Division of Coal Technology
1990 - c. 1995 CSIRO Division of Coal and Energy Technology
1990 - c. 1995 CSIRO Division of Coal and Energy Technology
c. 1995 - CSIRO Energy Technology
Published resources
Books
- Hardy, Clarence, Atomic Rise and Fall: the Australian Atomic Energy Commission 1953-1987, Glen Haven Publishing, Peakhurst, New South Wales, 1999, 274 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Arthur, Ian, 'Nuclear energy and Australia, part 2', ASHET News, vol. 8, no. 4, 2015, pp. 3-8. Details
Online Resources
- 'Primary description of agency CA 278; Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Head Office. Registration of entity: 26 May 1975', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CA+278. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-593043. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_a.html. Details
- Haygarth, Nic, 'Murray, Hugh Mervyn (1906-1982), Metallurgical Engineer and Mine Manager', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 18, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2013, pp. 200-1. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 11 August 2000, Last modified: 20 March 2006
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