August 30, 1954 President Eisenhower signed the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, a major revision of the 1946 Act, which gave added emphasis to development of peacetime uses of atomic energy, and encouraged private and public groups to build, own, and operate power reactors, February-May 1955 The Commission conducted Operation February 15, 1955 "A Report by the United States Atcmic Energy Commission on the Effects of High Yield Nuclear Explosions" was released. April 15, 1955 Joint Committee on Atomic Energy held | hearings on health and safety problems associated with atmospheric nuclear testing. May 14, 1955 Teapot at the Nevada Test Site, detonating fourteen tests. The Commission and the Department of Defense conducted Operation Wigwam, an underwater nuclear test 500 mules southwest of San Diego, California. July 21, 1955 President Eisenhower proposed an "Open Skies" policy of mitual aeria> inspection during a summit conference held in Geneva, Switzerland between the . United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. — August 8-20, 1955 The United States participated in the first International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atamic Energy, in | Geneva, Switzerland. May-July 1956 The Commission conducted Operation Redwing at the Marshall Islands, firing seventeen muclear test shots, including the first airdrop of a U. S. thermonuclear weapon. July 26, 1956 Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal which provoked the "Suez Crisis" and an attack on Egypt by Israel, Great Britain, and France, October 29November 6. November 4, 1956 Soviet Union crushed demonstrations in Hungary. 47 re