July 11, 1950
Gordon E. Dean became chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission.
July 17, 1950
Julius Rosenberg was arrested by the
FBI and charged with conspiracy to
commit espionage. His wife Ethel was
arrested in August. On June 19, 1953
they were executed.
October 9, 1950
President Truman approved an expansion
of Commission facilities which produced
uranium and plutonium for nuclear
weapons.
November 26, 1950
December 16, 1950
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Chinese troops entered: the fighting in
Korea.
President Truman declared a Naticnal
-Emergency due to the fighting in Korea.
December 18, 1950
President Truman approved the Ccmmission's recommendation to establish a
continental proving ground.
Jamuary-February 1951
Operation Ranger, the first continental
nuclear test series conducted at the
Nevada Proving Ground, now called
Nevada Test Site, 60 miles north of Las
Vegas, Nevada.
pril-May 1951
The Commission conducted Operation
Greenhouse at Enewetak, detonating four
tests.
October-November 1951
Jamary 11, 1952
. January 16, 1952
Five shots were fired.
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The Commission conducted Operation
Buster-Jangle at the Nevada Test Site,
which consisted of seven tests.
United Nations Disarmament Commission
established.
The National Security Council approved
second major expansion of the
Commission's nuclear production
facilities.
Aprii-June 1952
June 1952
The Commission conducted Operation
Tumbler-Snapper at the Nevada Test
Site, detonating eight nuclear tests.
University of California's Live=more
Laboratory, now Lawrence Livermmre
National Laboratory, established by the
Commission.