Oak Ridge, Tenn. is selescted as the site to produce nuclear materials by Brigadier General Leslie R. Groves.
The Little Boy, a uranium bomb, is dropped on Hiroshima.
Energy Policy and Conservation Act extends oil price controls, mandates automobile fuel standards, and authorized creation of a stratgic petrolum reserve.
Cessation of oil exports results in a worldwide shortage of oil.
President Carter announces decontrol of iol prices and proposes windfall profits tax.
Secretary James B. Edwards announces placement of the 250-millionth barrell of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
President Reagan signs the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.
A DOE report catalogues 37 projects underway or planned for clean coal demostration facilities.
President Bush directs the Department to develop a comprehensive national energy policy plan.
Secretary James D. Watkins announces plans to increase oil production and decrease consumption.
