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Leaders who have served East Tennessee were honored with the Muddy Boot Award and Postma Young Professional Medals.

ORNL’s Marie Kurz examines the many factors affecting the health of streams and watersheds. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Marie Kurz

Sandia National Laboratories marked a major milestone when the Nuclear Security Enterprise successfully produced the first completely refurbished bomb

With labor shortages making headlines nationwide and in Oak Ridge, federal employers are reacting.

As a graduate student at Purdue University, Robert Bean was steeped in the nuclear engineering world. He had a degree in nuclear science. He operated his school’s nuclear reactor. And he advised undergraduates on career opportunities related to being a nuclear engineer.

The company operates two other plants in Tennessee, but 3Ms growth is happening in East Tennessee. Filtrete air filters and Command adhesive strips are among products being manufactured.

Students from the University of Michigan pose for a group photo while visiting ORNL University of Michigan students review data together in a group

The company operates two other plants in Tennessee, but 3Ms growth is happening in East Tennessee. Filtrete air filters and Command adhesive strips are among products being manufactured.

John Rice Irwin, founder of the Museum of Appalachia, died Sunday at age 91. D. Ray Smith remembers his very good friend.

As a graduate student at Purdue University, Robert Bean was steeped in the nuclear engineering world. He had a degree in nuclear science. He operated his school’s nuclear reactor. And he advised undergraduates on career opportunities related to being a nuclear engineer. Yet he had never heard of "safeguards.”   “I wasn’t aware of how to apply an education in nuclear science outside of a reactor,” said Bean, who now works in safeguards and nondestructive assay at Oak Ridge Nationa...