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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...
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...
Manhattan Project radiation lingers in Oak Ridge. Critics want more info on a new landfill
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSince 2012, the Department of Energy has been batting around proposals to build a landfill for...
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 ...
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· 6 months agoLee Riedinger, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, will speak on...
K-25 workers dating back to Manhattan Project reunite in Oak Ridge: 'The country owes you'
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAfter turning left onto Victorious Boulevard and right onto Allied Street, around 650 former K-25...
Despite delays, the Manhattan Project had a worldwide impact
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDespite delays, the Manhattan Project had a worldwide impact Carolyn Krause agreed to help document...
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,...