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The ATLC was established in 1946 and was certified by the National Labor Relations Board on September 25, 1946, as the bargaining unit for Oak Ridge National Laboratory employees located at the X-10 site. It was certified to represent Y-12 employees in 1951. The ATLC's members belong to 16 international unions and 17 local unions, including:
The K-25 building of the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant aerial view, looking southeast. The mile-long building, in the shape of a "U", was completely demolished in 2013. K-25 was the codename given by the Manhattan Project to the program to produce enriched uranium for atomic bombs using the gaseous diffusion method.
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. Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. [9] It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Oak Ridge's nicknames include the Atomic City, [10] the Secret City, [11] and the City ...
The drivers are largely private companies. But the hub of nuclear innovation, and now uranium enrichment, is still Oak Ridge. Daniel Dassow is a growth and development reporter focused on ...
Coordinates: 35°59′18″N 84°15′17″W. Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Y-12 National Security Complex is a United States Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration facility located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It was built as part of the Manhattan Project ...
By the mid-2030s, TVA will be responsible for generating enough electricity to spin centrifuges at Orano's 750,000-square-foot facility in Oak Ridge. "For more than 50 years, Orano has been ...
S-50 (Manhattan Project) Coordinates: 35°54′58″N 84°24′43″W. Thermal Diffusion Process Building at S-50. The building in the background with the smokestacks is the K-25 powerhouse. The S-50 Project was the Manhattan Project 's effort to produce enriched uranium by liquid thermal diffusion during World War II.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1943, the laboratory is now sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UT–Battelle, LLC. [3]