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U S Advances Atomic Energy Lead in 1948
The United States strengthened its atomic leadership in 1948 with the Atomic Energy Commission asserting no current rival threats. Major advances included Sandstone test results on Eniwetok, expansion of production and research at Hanford, Los Alamos, Argonne, Brookhaven, and Berkeley, plus isotope distribution and new reactor designs aimed at power production.
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James Lee
INS
Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Russia
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Atomic Proving Ground
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
Hanford Plutonium Works
Richland
Wash
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Santa Fe
N. M
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Schenectady
N. Y
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Colorado Plateau
Commission
National Research Council
Congress
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Robert F. Bacher
Sumner T. Pike
Lewis L. Strauss