"We didn't object just because Oak Ridge is right there, but it's kind of handy to have our own bomb plant." Only a handful of people participated in the alliance's public demonstration at UT on Jan.

Oak Ridge is and always has been a company town for the U.S. government's nuclear weapons program. The fact that it also holds status as a scientific research powerhouse and hub of new nuclear ...

An infusion of nuclear spending means Oak Ridge is preparing to grow, and residents have opinions on how that should happen.

But for Oak Ridge National Laboratory nuclear physicist George Wignall, showing up late for an interview with a reporter was cause for celebration. "We've been waiting three and a half years for this ...

When the treaty entered force through the United Nations in 2021, anti-nuclear weapons groups added a kind of weapon to their own arsenal. The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance can point to a ...