In 1942, one thousand families were pushed out of Oak Ridge, Tennessee as part of The Manhattan Project - the US government's top secret initiative to engineer an atomic bomb What Was on the Menu ...

Barbara Scollin writes about her great-uncle's friendship with J. Robert Oppenheimer and the issues pertaining to security ...

The CEO of BWXT called Tennessee the "center of the nuclear universe" as the $2.7 billion company grows its footprint in the ...

Around 90 sites across the country are recognized as National Historic Chemical Landmarks, and K-25 is the second to be ...

Also during 1942, the Manhattan District of the Corps of Engineers was formed to construct three secret "cities" for major portions of atomic bomb development. At Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a nuclear ...

Kairos Power has started safety-related construction of the first non-water-cooled reactor approved for construction in the U ...

McWhorter, state economic and community development commissioner, announced April 15 a grant has been awarded to support the ...

The Navy detailed eight engineers to the home of the atomic bomb, the Atomic Energy Commission facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to see what might be developed. Testing some newly discovered ...