Oak Ridge

American  

noun

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

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Oak Ridge Cultural  

1. 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.)

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Around the world, tens of thousands of litres of helium-3 are likely to be produced this way every year, estimates David McCollum, distinguished scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Centrus Energy is expanding a manufacturing facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., investing more than $560 million to produce thousands of advanced centrifuges for its uranium enrichment plant in Ohio, which it’s also expanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

The research was supported by the National Science Foundation and carried out using facilities at Florida State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026

Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, concludes that “current AI systems can technically perform approximately 16% of classified labor tasks.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 6, 2026

So the Oak Ridge workers knew very little about uranium—and almost nothing about how to handle the stuff safely.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin