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1980-2001 | Dual Credit History Technology Project #3- Brianna Belcher
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January 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan is inaugurated President. -
May 24, 1982
President Reagan proposes legislation transferring most responsibilities of DOE to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Congress fails to act on the proposal. -
January 7, 1983
President Reagan signs the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, the nation's first comprehensive nuclear waste legislation. -
April 26, 1986
A major nuclear accident occurs at Chernobyl Reactor #4 near Pripyat, Ukraine in the Soviet Union, spreading radioactive contamination over a large area. -
November 10, 1988
Secretary Herrington designates Texas as the site for the Superconducting Super Collider. -
January 20, 1989
George Bush is inaugurated President. -
November 3, 1992
Bill Clinton is elected president. -
March 28, 1997
The Clinton administration releases the Building Public Trust: Actions to Respond to the Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. -
May 11-13, 1998
India explodes several nuclear devices -
March 18, 1999
President Clinton, in response to allegations of the theft of nuclear secrets at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, requests the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board to investigate and issue a report on the security threat at DOE's nuclear weapons laboratories. Secretary Richardson opens the Consumer Information Office, designed to improve the delivery of DOE products and services to a wider audience and to include consumer viewpoints in DOE policy decisions. -
March 2, 2000
President Clinton nominates General John A. Gordon to serve as DOE Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Director of the National Nuclear Security Administration. -
September 11, 2001
Terrorists attack the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C.