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    Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown Knoxville...
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    Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1943, the...
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    Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet originating in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The group was founded in 1943 as the Oak Ridge Quartet...
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  • Oak Ridge or Oakridge may refer to numerous locations in English-speaking countries - the most well-known being Oak Ridge, Tennessee, due to its part in...
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  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is a consortium of American universities headquartered in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with offices in Arvada, Colorado...
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  • Oak Ridge High School is the public high school for Oak Ridge, Tennessee, enrolling grades 9 through 12. It was established in 1943 to educate the children...
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  • located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Under its former name of the National Leadership Computing Facility, the OLCF was founded in 1992 at Oak Ridge National...
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    Y-12 National Security Complex (category Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan...
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    K-25 (redirect from Oak Ridge K-25 Plant)
    the production facility located at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the main gaseous diffusion building, and ultimately the site. When...
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    The Oak Ridger is an American daily newspaper published Mondays through Fridays in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is owned by Gannett. Its editor and publisher...
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    notable for illegally entering the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at the age of 82, with two fellow activists of the Transform Now...
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  • Oak Ridge nuclear facility may refer to one of several active or historical U.S. federal government facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, including: Clinton...
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  • of radiation exposure and environmental contamination. Located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, ORISE was established in 1992 to support DOE's mission by prepare...
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  • Nikki Fargas (category People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    Nicole Caldwell in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Fargas was raised by her mother and attended public schools. She graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1990...
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    three Oak Ridge gatehouses, also known as "checking stations", "guard houses", or "guard shacks", are security checkpoints in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, built...
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  • Main Street Oak Ridge, formerly known as Oak Ridge City Center and Oak Ridge Mall, is a mixed-use development in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It was formerly...
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    Elaine Hendrix (category People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    film What the Bleep Do We Know!? Hendrix was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Her father was serving in the Vietnam War at the time of her birth...
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    Megan Fox (category People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    Teen Choice Awards. Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to parents Gloria Darlene (née Cisson) and Franklin Thomas Fox....
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    the uranium production facility at the Clinton Engineer Works at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the plutonium production facility at Hanford Engineer Works...
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    Ed Westcott (category Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    government in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. As one of the few people permitted to have a camera in the Oak Ridge area during...
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  • Raynella Leath (category People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    Dewey Ernest Large, a nuclear scientist and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She attended Oak Ridge High School and graduated in 1966. She went on to become...
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    the 1940s. It was located near the K-25 gaseous diffusion plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to lessen travelling time for the seventeen thousand construction...
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    Bethel Baptist Church is a historic church on Bethel Valley Road in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The church was built in about 1900. One of the concrete steps that...
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    American Museum of Science and Energy (category Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, designed to teach children and adults about energy, especially nuclear power, and to document the role Oak Ridge played in...
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  • At southern research facilities like Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, segregation and discriminatory policies were strictly enforced....
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  • Mitch Rouse (category People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    Factory. Rouse was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He played football at Oak Ridge High School, where he graduated in 1983...
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    being particular concerns. Oak Ridge, Tennessee Pounds, Benjamin. "Work underway at Main Street". www.oakridger.com. Oak Ridger. Retrieved 31 December 2020...
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    Adam Wingard (category People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). Wingard was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and graduated from Full Sail University in 2002. His first feature...
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    Calutron Girls (category Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
    Manhattan Project at the Y-12 National Security Complex located at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from 1943 to 1945. Although they were not allowed to know at the...
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    The United Church, Chapel on the Hill in Oak Ridge, Tennessee was the city's main church during World War II. Dedicated on September 30, 1943, and completed...
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