United States government organization
The United States Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA ) was a United States government organization formed from the split of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1975. It assumed the functions of the AEC not assumed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission .
The agency was created as part of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 , which was passed on October 11, 1974, in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis . The act split the Atomic Energy Commission into two new agencies: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would regulate the commercial nuclear power industry, while the ERDA would manage the energy research and development , nuclear weapons , and naval reactors programs.
The Energy Research and Development Administration was established on January 19, 1975. The first administrator was Robert Seamans , followed by Robert W. Fri .
In 1977, ERDA was merged with the Federal Energy Administration to form the United States Department of Energy .[ 1]
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