Atomic Energy Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States relating to nuclear power and, or alternatively, nuclear weapons production.
The Bill for an Act with this short title will have been known as an Atomic Energy Bill during its passage through the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
See also Atomic Energy Authority Act.
Famous quotes containing the words atomic, energy and/or act:
“One has to look out for engineers—they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.”
—Marcel Pagnol (1895–1974)
“Just as we are learning to value and conserve the air we breathe, the water we drink, the energy we use, we must learn to value and conserve our capacity for nurture. Otherwise, in the name of human potential we will slowly but surely erode the source of our humanity.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)
“To act collectively is according to the spirit of our institutions.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)