Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant Location Gallaher Road Oak Ridge, Tennessee The S-50 Plant at Oak Ridge was constructed in 1944 to enrich uranium feed material for the Y-12 electromagnetic facility using a liquid thermal diffusion process. The process was originally...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Location Bethel Valley Road Oak Ridge, Tennessee During the Manhattan project, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) site was used by the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory to construct the first pile semiworks – a...
Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education Location 130 Badger Road Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a university consortium leveraging the scientific strength of 105 major research institutions to advance science and education by...
Oak Ridge Hospital Location Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, Tennessee Originally a US Army Hospital for the Manhattan Project workers, this facility was operated for the AEC by Roane-Anderson Co. In 1959, ownership of the hospital was privatized and its operation taken...
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant Location Blair Road Oak Ridge, Tennessee The K-25 gaseous diffusion plant was built as part of the World War II Manhattan Project to supply enriched uranium for nuclear weapons production. Construction of K-25 started in 1943. It was... 