When Henry Clews moved his family to a Maine hilltop in 1973, the power company wanted $3,000 to hook him up. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322412/free-photo-image-black-and-white-antenna-batteryFree Image from public domain licenseNuclear particle tracks in the ten-inch bubble chamber mounted inside a superconducting magnet at Argonne show what happened… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322423/free-photo-image-particle-scan-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseNeutron-proton collision produced by Brookhaven Cosmotron, c. 1957. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322424/free-photo-image-scan-neutron-aec-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseArtist's conception of the US Navy's Transit navigational satellite. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322286/free-photo-image-technology-satellite-spacecraftFree Image from public domain licenseFree vintage element background. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322735/free-photo-image-aec-astronaut-astronomyFree Image from public domain licenseMobile ground use of SNAP nuclear reactor power system is shown in this artist's conception. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322294/free-photo-image-aec-automobile-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseSecond successful use of atomic energy in space is depicted in this drawing of the transit 4B and TRAAC satellite in orbit.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322284/free-photo-image-black-and-white-astronomy-outer-spaceFree Image from public domain licenseScrew worn fly has a bluish-green body and an orange colored head. Circa 1964. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322417/free-photo-image-fly-illustration-black-and-white-insectFree Image from public domain licenseCape Canaveral, FL....The actual firing of the THOR-ABLE STAR ROCKET that projected the Navy's Navigational satellite into… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322285/free-photo-image-smoke-aec-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThis is an artist's concept of the Navy's navigational satellite, the first to receive auxiliary power from atomic energy.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322278/free-photo-image-station-public-domain-black-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseA stylized view of the moon, the earth, and NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft model. Circa 1972. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322291/free-photo-image-planet-moon-galaxyFree Image from public domain licenseArtist's conception shows a manned space laboratory powered by a nuclear reactor (extreme left). Original public domain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322283/free-photo-image-rocket-black-and-white-spaceshipFree Image from public domain licenseView of an exploratory tunnel dug by the 25-foot-diameter tunnel boring machine at yucca mountain. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322876/free-photo-image-banister-cc0-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseCobalt-60 High-Intensity Radiation Source...Scientists at the AEC's Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (Calif.) now have their… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322801/free-photo-image-aec-camera-cc0Free Image from public domain licensePhoto shows a side view of the Astron device. A single-layer solenoid, 92 feet long, is built around an aluminum vacuum… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322782/free-photo-image-aec-astron-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseShown is the Nevada National Security Site’s U1a Complex. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8732189/photo-image-public-domain-interiorFree Image from public domain licenseAt the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA), researchers develop new ways to accelerate and manipulate electron… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322529/free-photo-image-accelerator-building-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseA large wind turbine generator is supplying part of the electric power used by the people of Clayton, New Mexico, c. 1978.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322732/free-photo-image-cc0-construction-crane-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseThe Gruman Windstream-25 is a three-bladed wind energy conversion system being tested at ERDA's Rocky Flats, Colorado… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322600/free-photo-image-cc0-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseSacramento, California. Mount Shasta Dam on the Sacramento River, Key Unit of the Central Valley Project, c. 1963. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322553/free-photo-image-cc0-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseStark rigs scratch the sky on a ranch near Harrison, Nebraska. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322728/free-photo-image-cc0-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseScientists at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, are testing windmill resembling a bicycle wheel for the U.S.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322748/free-photo-image-antenna-cc0-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseWestinghouse Electric Corporation's new uranium fuel fabrication plant, c. 1970. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322605/free-photo-image-parking-lot-asphalt-automobileFree Image from public domain licenseThirty-six inch Blanchard grinder finishing blanket pieces of uranium to length, c. 1958. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322619/free-photo-image-building-cc0-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseThe ocean breezes off the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, known for producing giant waves for the world's best surfing, now… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322525/free-photo-image-cc0-construction-crane-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseFederal Office building No. 5 Washington DC. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322787/free-photo-image-aec-architecture-asphaltFree Image from public domain licenseMassive equipment on the surface at Old Ben Coal Co.'s mine #21 at Sesser, Ill., automatically hoists the elevators which… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322789/free-photo-image-architecture-building-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseCoal miners, many of them young men in their twenties, wait in a steel-roofed "mantrip car" to descend a long, sloping… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322779/free-photo-image-apparel-building-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseAbundant coal supply at Monroe, Michigan must be moved by massive equipment such as this scraper, c. 1979. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322784/free-photo-image-asphalt-automobile-buggyFree Image from public domain licenseCross section of prolifically coated uranium dis carbide fuel particles after irradiation. Original public domain image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322663/free-photo-image-alphabet-cc0-confectioneryFree Image from public domain licenseFor more information or additional images, please contact 202-586-5251. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322750/free-photo-image-snow-storm-cc0-creative-commonsFree Image from public domain licenseNothing in the books says a windmill has to look like a windmill -- but that it must have a set of blades, something to kick… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322419/free-photo-image-poster-building-architectureFree Image from public domain licenseSome day there may be groups of large wind energy conversion systems in offshore areas near U.S. coastlines, c. 1977.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322528/free-photo-image-animal-bird-boatFree Image from public domain licenseStandard Oil Co. Near Pawee, Oklahoma. Oil wells drilled close together without a spacing plan. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322747/free-photo-image-fossil-fuels-building-cableFree Image from public domain licenseOffshore drilling is the new frontier being explored to meet the increasing demand for petroleum, c. 1970. Original public… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322749/free-photo-image-fossil-fuels-amphibious-vehicle-armoredFree Image from public domain licenseWest Edmond, Oklahoma. Standard Oil wells drilled on a forty-acre spacing plan. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322729/free-photo-image-fossil-fuels-antenna-architectureFree Image from public domain licensePresident Abraham Lincoln creator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3262195/free-photo-image-lincoln-suit-faceFree Image from public domain licensePhotography cave monochrome nature motion. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13663734/photography-cave-monochrome-nature-motionView licensePhotography cave monochrome nature black. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13663744/photography-cave-monochrome-nature-blackView licensePhotography cave monochrome nature tunnel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13663740/photography-cave-monochrome-nature-tunnelView licenseArtist's concept of the Transit IV-A satellite in orbit. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322620/free-photo-image-satellite-aec-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseSNAP-19... When NASA puts an experimental Nimbus-B weather into orbit late in 1967, two SNAP-19 isotopic generators will be… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322627/free-photo-image-aec-astronomy-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseArtist's concept of the SNAP 8 system used as a power source for an ion propulsion vehicle. Original public domain image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322281/free-photo-image-black-and-white-bomb-space-rocketFree Image from public domain licenseRecreation at Oak Ridge. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3325639/free-photo-image-vintage-car-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseFireball of the May 21, 1956 test detonation over Bikini Atoll. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322413/free-photo-image-explosion-nuclear-bomb-beachFree Image from public domain licenseBusiness activity at Oak Ridge. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322827/free-photo-image-cinema-project-light-auditoriumFree Image from public domain licenseBillion-volt atomic particles in Brookhaven Cosmotron, c. 1957. Original public domain image from Flickr https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322410/free-photo-image-black-and-white-particle-atomicFree Image from public domain licensePhotography cave silhouette monochrome walking. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13663738/photography-cave-silhouette-monochrome-walkingView licenseThis hemispherical window was designed to cover the camera ports inside Argonne Lab's 12-foot (diameter) hydrogen bubble… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3325630/free-photo-image-black-white-aec-argonne-labFree Image from public domain licenseA SNAP power unit could be installed in a 24-hour Earth Satellite for providing commercial world wide television. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3322661/free-photo-image-planet-aec-astronomyFree Image from public domain licensepro-3548pro-3548 DOE photo Ed Westcott K-25 Power House 1947 Oak Ridge Tennessee. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8734805/photo-image-public-domain-ocean-waterFree Image from public domain license