ABSTRACT
In an atmosphere permeated by fears and pressures emanating from the failed policies of the past, but also imbued by expectations for the future, the need for a new nuclear policy arose. And, after discussions with Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the Bermuda Conference of 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his Atoms for Peace speech to the UN General Assembly on December 8, 1953. As originally expressed, Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace proposal sought to reverse the trend toward ever larger atomic military arsenals by promoting peaceful uses of atomic power. Robust nuclear energy development in the United States and abroad occurred under the aegis of Atoms for Peace. Atoms for Peace provided the basis for a nuclear energy ar nonproliferation policy in the United States that enjoyed broad, bipartisan support. Furthermore, the United States dominated the international nuclear market and was the undisputed leader in nuclear technologies.
