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How much Manhattan Project radioactive waste is left in Oak Ridge? | Know Your Knox
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn the wall of Jay Mullis' office in Oak Ridge is a chart detailing billions in federal funding...
Oak Ridge gets WWII status; new Manhattan Project Park director named
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEarlier this week, the National Park Service shared two announcements pertaining to Oak Ridge: the...
Tennessee Legislature met in Oak Ridge in 1975
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn February of 1975 the Tennessee State Legislature met in a special session in Oak Ridge at the old Holiday Inn located on Illinois Avenue....
Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology & Training Center - latest in long line of training successes
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis two-part "Historically Speaking" series introduces the latest enhanced training facility in Oak...
From Manhattan Project to nuclear astrophysics: the Oak Ridge-UT partnership
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLee Riedinger, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, will speak on...
Think you know Oak Ridge history? 13 Manhattan Project facts that might surprise you
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOak Ridge is a constant source of pride for East Tennesseans more than 80 years after it was created by the U.S. government as the first site of the Manhattan Project. In the space of a few ...
Oak Ridge Boys come 'home' to where the group originated
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFirst there was Wally Fowler and the Georgia Clodhoppers. Then the Oak Ridge Quartet. And finally,...
K-25 workers dating back to Manhattan Project reunite in Oak Ridge: 'The country owes you'
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAfter turning left onto Victorious Boulevard and right onto Allied Street, around 650 former K-25...
'Nuclear is here': Why a nuclear renaissance is happening in Knoxville and Oak Ridge
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn the world of nuclear energy, no name is so storied as Oak Ridge, particularly to the companies...
Oak Ridge OKs using $9.45M in state funds for airport property
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Oak Ridge City Council authorized city officials this week to offer the owners of three parcels...