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Article: Nuclear waste: our far-flung nuclear weapons factories haven't built a bomb since 1992. One lone Republican wants to shut them down.(David Hobson)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- March 1, 2006
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In 1942, the United States government began creating a secret city. On 59,000 acres in the hills of eastern Tennessee, it built a complex--one of three nationwide--dedicated to the production of materials for an atomic weapon. From the start, the very existence of the new city, named Oak Ridge after a nearby mountain ridge, was shrouded in mystery. Though at its peak of production during World War II, Oak Ridge used one-seventh of all the electricity produced in the United States and had a population of 75,000--making it the fifth largest city in Tennessee--it didn't appear on maps until 1949. Residents were required to wear identification badges whenever they went out of ...
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... ... the company his father started 30 years ago this year, Ullrich Printing, is marking a new chapter with an expansion into Oak Ridge, where Ullrich's wife will run a sales office. "We saw this as a good opportunity. The timing was right," said Jeannie ...
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