Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge
a city in E Tennessee, near Knoxville: atomic research center. 27,662.

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      city, Anderson and Roane counties, eastern Tennessee, U.S. It lies in a valley between the Cumberland and Great Smoky (Great Smoky Mountains) mountains, about 20 miles (30 km) west of Knoxville, and is a part of that city's metropolitan area. A tract of land covering about 94 square miles (243 square km) was selected in 1942 as a major site of the U.S. wartime atomic energy program known as the Manhattan Project. Originally called Clinton Engineering Works for the nearby town of Clinton, it was chosen because it met the necessary requirements for security, labour, power, water, and transportation. The town, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers behind security fences, reached a peak population of 75,000 by 1945 and included three facilities for research in building atomic weapons. In 1949 the city was opened to the public, and in 1955 the Atomic Energy Commission sold the property to the town's residents. The community voted to incorporate as a city in 1959.

      The city's economy depends mainly on production and research in science and energy, and many private technology and research facilities now operate in the area. Oak Ridge Associated Universities, established in 1946, is a nonprofit educational and research corporation of some 85 universities and manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. The city is the site of the American Museum of Science and Energy and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Graphite Reactor, which is a national historic landmark. Melton Hill Dam, a Tennessee Valley Authority river-control project, is at the southwest edge of Oak Ridge. Frozen Head State Park is northwest of the city. Pop. (1990) 27,310; (2000) 27,387.

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