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noun

a city in E Tennessee, near Knoxville: atomic research center.

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Yarmak says the hardest part of the Oak Ridge project was keeping workers safe and preventing the spread of nuclear contamination.
Fukushima N-Plant Will Be Surrounded by a Wall of Ice|Josh Dzieza|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There are other sites in America with long nuclear histories—places like Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, Yucca Mountain.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble|Eric Nusbaum|February 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At the Oak Ridge Gun Range, also in Orlando, a class for concealed-carry applications runs three hours and includes a video.
In Florida, It’s Often Shoot First, Learn The Law Later|Aram Roston|May 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, another team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced plans to build a machine of comparable power.
The U.S. Is Busy Building Supercomputers, but Needs Someone to Run Them|Dan Lyons|December 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Larry grew a full beard, but that was a smidge too country—“I looked like an Oak Ridge Boy”—so he pruned it down into a goatee.
What Does a Goatee Say About You?|Bryan Curtis|November 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He had seen the plant at Oak Ridge where uranium was extracted by the gas diffusion method.
The Blue Ghost Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
Element 61 was made for the first time from the fission disintegration products of uranium in the Clinton (Oak Ridge) reactor.
A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis|Glen W. Watson
Milligrams of it, shipped from Oak Ridge for scientific use, were encased in thick lead chests.
Space Platform|Murray Leinster
I picked this one six miles up on White Oak Ridge yesterday.
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke
Elsli spent all her time out of school at Oak-ridge, and was very happy in her work.
Gritli's Children|Johanna Spyri

Oak Ridge

A city in Tennessee, where uranium for the atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb) was produced during World War II. Since that time, the government has maintained a variety of nuclear research facilities in Oak Ridge. (See also Manhattan Project.)