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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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Congress passes this act, which authorizes the Bureau of Mines to build energy laboratories for research.
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President Truman put $1.4 billion into expanding the facilities in order to make uranium and plutonium for nuclear weapons.
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The Atomic Energy Commissions activate the first thermonuclear device in the Pacific.
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President Eisenhower delivers a speech to the United Nations to try and develop peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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President Eisenhower signs this act to create a path for a civilian nuclear power program.
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The United States launches the first nuclear reactor.
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This date marked the first major U.S blackout located in the northeast.
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President Johnson signs this act to enforce a safer and cleaner environment.
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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)
