Marilou Awiakta, a world-renowned poet, moved to Oak Ridge when she was 9. It was 1945, just after Christmas. The air was cold, but the house was warm. The movers had built a fire in the fireplace ...

It started as an all-out effort in the early 1940s to help build a nuclear bomb. Today, the Oak Ridge reservation is a hub of research that's directing the future of mankind.

These are all misconceptions. Yes, one of Oak Ridge's nicknames is the "Atomic City." And it's true that its history is living, as more advanced nuclear companies choose to build there.

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — When the United States dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan, the secret city of Oak Ridge was lauded for its role in fueling the "super-bomb" that effectively ended ...

Oak Ridge will play host to the Oak Ridge Soccer Club's annual Atomic City Shootout, which will bring in soccer teams from across the Southeast Friday through Sunday, April 5-7.. This year 88 ...

This is Oak Ridge, Tenn., a city of the atomic age shown on April 21, 1959. When it was first founded in 1942 to supply housing for workers at the Atomic Energy Commission plant, Oak Ridge was a ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Oak Ridge High School held an event Wednesday reflecting on the city’s connection to the nuclear bomb ahead of the premiere of the movie “Oppenheimer.” The movie ...

It started as an all-out effort in the early 1940s to help build a nuclear bomb. Today, the Oak Ridge reservation is a hub of research that's directing the future of mankind.