Oak Ridge

noun

1. a city in E Tennessee, near Knoxville: atomic research center.

Oak Ridge

1. A city in Tennessee , where uranium for the atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb ) was produced during World War II . Since that time, the government has maintained a variety of nuclear research facilities in Oak Ridge. ( See also Manhattan Project .)

Example Sentences

“And so that’s why we just really emphasize, you know, the prevention at the beginning, because it’s likely that there is more than one roaming Oak Ridge.”

From Los Angeles Times

Alongside first author and Ph.D. student Wenge Huang, Cheng's team collaborated with Oak Ridge National Lab and Dalian University of Technology for sections of the research.

From Science Daily

The expert team of authors come from institutions including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and the Health Resources and Services Administration.

From Science Daily

The team also performed quantum chemical calculations and molecular dynamics simulations at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, a DOE Office of Science user facility at ORNL, using the lab's Summit supercomputer, the only computational resource capable of providing the necessary calculations at the time.

From Science Daily

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing battery technologies to fight climate change in two ways, by expanding the use of renewable energy and capturing airborne carbon dioxide.

From Science Daily