OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Overnight in the Secret City, people are working around the clock to conduct research. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is always awake with more than 6,000 scientists, ...

They have also shipped 94% of the contact-handled waste and 78% of the remote-handled waste for disposal,” said ORNL in a press release. The complex operation, managed by the Oak Ridge Office of ...

The material was used in lab experiments in the 1970s, helping scientists understand the structure of the atomic nucleus and ...