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It's a popular fun fact that communicates the scale of the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge. In his 1987 memoir "The Road to Trinity," Col. Kenneth Nichols, who oversaw the Oak Ridge and Hanford ...
Therefore, a major part of Oak Ridge’s Manhattan Project effort can be contributed to Oppenheimer ... The first is a viewing of the NBC documentary film, "Oppenheimer: After Trinity," at 7 p.m.
"He needed the uranium that was being produced here." Oak Ridge was built in 1942 to support the Manhattan Project by creating the enriched uranium that would fuel Little Boy, the bomb dropped on ...
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — The project to build an airport in Oak Ridge has been paused as the city reevaluates the proposed location. The announcement follows Orano choosing Oak Ridge as the ...
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The Oak Ridge Airport project may have to relocate, after a recent announcement that an Orano enrichment facility would be built in the city. Plans for the airport said it ...