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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

K NOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Oak Ridge, a city steeped in the history of the Manhattan Project, hosted a Day of Remembrance and Peace for the anniversary of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.

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 ...