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subfr,equent, "yt"",a:tr'se
occupation fo:rces haCl been w.ithd,rawrap and from 't't:Lte dtt,v.as.-ta"()ion "tho
were det,ermined 't-,o z"ebui,Il.di, t;he /.aZionarL e,con.oniy,t wfi."lr,h n.x'omis,,re ozf
in,arvel. ZoUS ]f'el-cUb:i•llitr:'t.i,cn "tl aic icook pJLace fi.n 't.he
if,eonomic white peA. x)o•:.oev o.ti the g.,ovotrnmcent, wu.ire evid, ence of the riational
rd.u, itliX]- h.ave) noxe of yo'u:. a.f'ter--mat'h,-of-wax' bustness"} the ateikudie
that exPK'eG'Sed fitlLc) peopZe's mfi-nd.
Atomi.e energy de'veZo/men.'L ff.rm (reopan has been e•xp,yessU.:sr IILimi"ted t,o pL.acefurX
use$s cvn a`ti;itl)uC{e not, fo'tzzad fi.n ol)her' advanced counlJ]rfi.o-$. fnehe b,gsic
princi.plvns of demoeraeyp autoTnonyp ancl. non-seex,ecy ax'e ethearXy Xaidi. down
in -the Aeoirii+e Entergy Bcnsic 1[•aws enac-tedi I)eee.mbaexe Z9s v1955p whieh st,cay$s
tiResearchs clL')vel.opment and us,e of a'tomfi.e enetr?gy iyi eh.j-.s eounti?.si sha:tX
be limited 'to pe.acte.fu:L pullrposesy They oc'haZZ be condiuc'ted auiconomousXy
unde]? (iemocrakeff.e prfi-nei.pll.e.6, p and -thekx' ÅíitndS,.ng$ andi E]ch. ievements shrnlJbe
recndiL:y of.lfrto'x'ed tJo '6ervc,) 1]h.e eause o:ff rin'tex'x)a'i;.iomall. ooopeve-tfi.oiae'"
The prlncipkes and putr7'pofi e•s of the- Iasue`ie Law we:re. :e-flectedi in J'anuaxey ra9p"6s
in the esttftbl.isinmant of 'the A'tornic }no.i7gy Commfi.ssionp an advisollry body
to the Pneime ]G.inifi'te.x' on ma't"ter$ of irieeg,rated 'po].ie.,y reg,nrditt.ng resteax'eh,
deveZopm,ghn"t and vL"ti.:Li.zal;:ion oÅ}te a'tom-ie enef,gy, rr.he Saeii.ence andi, 1'o.eh'nortogy
Agency witsh :inics Atomic tt.)nteirgy Bure.au 'was se'b up as 'the adiminir.inrrativs F
office eeomi.c anergy in the Plleime Minis'tetrr's OCTice in )•fay IC]56. 1"hx'ee
governmexxt tr7eseai?eh and ctevcXopment inth"tituicions -foLZ.1,oweds "to eomp],.ete
the governmcnV seic--up ffor atomie enetr7gy, di.evAv:,opmenep namaly the gJ'apan
Atomic Slzae:rgy Betsseax'ch lr.ns"tt't)'u"t,o. (J"Al,Ril) :tsLn June n.956s bthe Aicomie puue-,1-
Oorpoveabi,on in Augu.c"t ll.956p a,n('] 1;h.e. Na'tional. 1'[rift")bi.tut}e of Ylcadiiologiea]-
Seienees rl.n Juttt.:}Tp lu95'7.
Along with. 'this p:Lannim. g, on t,he., paa7t of 'the governmen"tp i.nduppticx'.iaZ
Zeaders of. 'ehe o.ld. ftamrMly groups s.ueh as Mitsuip wri'tsubidi,hip }tttaehfi.p
SUmi'touiop YiuJ"ta"p Yiurukawap and K,u'wasakS. wellrtt. quiek eo z'es,p, ond. "to "the.
national needi ico deveXop atomle enexrg'y. Xn'teg)fa"ting compani.e$ were
ÅíOllrme61 int,o iArha't; ere knowri as rthe. I-'it'Lve A"t}ornE.e Ene]egsi G]roup, s, te ll?hare.e off
the Tnajox} g]cou'p oÅí comopaniasp Ml't$'uLip ]4it,su.bish.i ayid. Sum,itomo eseal)LLished
their owri corpo.cttiLlo)nfs fbr 1)he exvr,ub"ivrte de'v'J:k:i')rr,Ler'i'v' oÅí a'tom:i.e enef'gys
cfind a'"te named, ]?tt.s'pee'tiverlyp Nippon Aicomie ]lndiuse3ry Group Co dis X.ibdAs
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