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Atomic Energy Newsletter

March 1, 1949 through May 23, 1961

WAS A SUCCESSFUL, PAID SUBSCRIPTION

BI-WEEKLY NEWSLETTER CREATED AT

THE START OF THE DRIVE TO

COMMERCIALIZE NUCLEAR ENERGY.

ITS PURPOSE WAS TO BE THE KEY SOURCE

OF NON-CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FOR ANYONE

INTERESTED IN THE NASCENT INDUSTRY.

The First Presentation
Since 1961 &
Only Comprehensive
Collection in Digital
Searchable Format

Download nearly 1,600 pages (1949 to 1961) with a donation of your choice!

THE INITIAL 1949 MAILING WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO

THE FBI'S J. EDGAR HOOVER

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THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION IN DIGITAL FORMAT

Originally Published from 1949 to 1961, AEN was a newsletter for business and industry reporting on all unclassified developments in commercial and military nuclear energy.

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Atomic Energy Newsletter Compilation © 2016

The only comprehensive collection in digital searchable format covering March 1, 1949 through May 23, 1961.

Below is Just a Sample of the Subject Matter You Will Find

The Atomic Energy Newsletter is a great resource for anyone interested in the nascent industry and its changing landscape between 1949 and 1961.

AccidentEuropePropulsionArco
AgricultureFoodProtectionHanford
AircraftForeignSafetyHarwell
BenefitHazardSecretLos Alamos
CancerHearingsSenatorOak Ridge
ChildrenHydrogenSicknessSandia
ContaminationInsuranceSoviet UnionSavannah River
DeclassificationMedicineStatus ReportShippingport
DisposalPacificTransportFBI
DumpPollutionWasteJ. Edgar Hoover

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Atomic Energy Newsletter Compilation ©

12 years of specialized news in two searchable PDF files. The files were assembled from original hard copies and microfilm found in Robert M. Sherman's office and professionally OCRd at 300 dpi gray scale for easy search capability. The AEN Archivist merged the 320 individual issue PDF files into two 1.2gb sized PDF files.
Search Term Frequency of Mention
Food 238 Times
Propulsion 342 Times
International 366 Times
Waste 316 Times
Protection 205 Times
Cancer 207 Times
Disposal 124 Times
Contamination 153 Times
Los Alamos 173 Times
Benefit 40 Times
Hearings 79 Times

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Atomic Energy Newsletter
Search TermFrequencySearch TermFrequency
Accident 49Safety226
Agriculture 44Secrecy12
Aircraft 461Secret142
Atomic Cities14Security114
Benefit40Senator48
Cancer207Sickness13
Children8Smoking3
Cities57Soviet Union95
Cloud29Status Report8
Contamination153Toxicity14
Declassification13Transport89
Disposal124Waste316
Dispose58
Dump17Arco155
Europe158Hanford273
Fire136Harwell144
Food238Los Alamos173
Foreign154Oak Ridge939
Hazard153Sandia98
Hearings79Savannah River58
Hydrogen221Shippingport33
Insurance145
International366AEC5854
Medicine181Eisenhower46
Pacific80Hickenlooper10
Pollution13Lilienthal27
Propulsion342Rickover11
Protection205Truman52
USSR22