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Former award
The
Atoms for Peace Award
was established in 1955 through a grant of $1,000,000 by the
Ford Motor Company
Fund. An independent nonprofit corporation was set up to administer the award for the development or application of peaceful nuclear technology. It was created in response to U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower's
Atoms for Peace
speech to the
United Nations
.
The 23 recipients were:
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M.S.Ioffe was forced to decline the Award by the Soviet government
External links
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- Files
referring to the award and its presentation in the libraries of the MIT, seen at libraries.mit.edu, December 2, 2009 (PDF)