Back Comité d'urgence des scientifiques atomistes French Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists Galician ועדת החירום של מדעני האטום HE Atomtudósok Rendkívüli Bizottsága Hungarian Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists Italian 原子力科学者による非常委員会 Japanese Comité Emergencial de Cientistas Atómicos Portuguese Чрезвычайный комитет учёных-ядерщиков Russian 原子能科學家緊急委員會 Chinese
| Abbreviation | ECAS |
|---|---|
| Formation | May 1946 |
| Founders | |
| Dissolved | October 10, 1951 |
| Type | Nonprofit, NGO |
| Purpose | world peace, atomic education, peaceful use of nuclear energy, international control of nuclear bombs |
| Headquarters | Princeton |
| Location |
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| Locations | |
Chairman | Albert Einstein |
Vice-Chairman | Harold C. Urey |
Key people | |
| Funding | private contributions |
The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) was founded by Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd in May, 1946, primarily as a fundraising and policy-making agency.[1] Its aims were to warn the public of the dangers associated with the development of nuclear weapons, promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and ultimately work towards world peace, which was seen as the only way that nuclear weapons would not be used again.[2]
- ^ Einstein, Albert; Nathan, Otto; Norden, Heinz (1968). Einstein on peace. Internet Archive. New York, Schocken Books. p. 376.
- ^ "Guide to the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists Records 1946-1952". www.lib.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-22.