Add this copy of Department of Energy, 1977-1994; a Summary History to cart. $45.00, very good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by U.S. Department of Energy.
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Very good. 28 cm, 142 [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Map. Figures. Footnotes. Chronology. Appendices. DOE/HR-0098. Cover has minor wear and soiling. The Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 created perhaps the most diverse agency in the Federal Government. The new department brought together not only most of the government`s energy programs but also defense responsibilities that included the design, construction, and testing of nuclear weapons. The Department of Energy incorporated a score of organizational entities from a dozen departments and agencies. The Department of Energy sought--and continues to seek--to be one of the Nation`s premier science and technology organizations. The Department of Energy, 1977--1994, is a summary history of the origins, goals, and achievements of the Department and selected major programs. The study details how the Department was born of the energy crisis of the early and mid-1970s. With the end of the Cold War, the Department of Energy further transformed itself, moving to partial dismantlement of the nuclear weapons complex and to an increased emphasis on technology transfer efforts. The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States Government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material. Its responsibilities include the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production. DOE sponsors more research in the physical sciences than any other U.S. federal agency, the majority of which is conducted through its system of National Laboratories. The 1973 oil crisis called attention to the need to consolidate energy policy. On August 4, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed into law The Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95-91, 91 Stat. 565, enacted August 4, 1977), which created the Department of Energy. The new agency, which began operations on October 1, 1977, consolidated the Federal Energy Administration, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Federal Power Commission, and programs of various other agencies.
