Innovation, Manufacturing, and Movement.
The Oak Ridge Technology Corridor is a place that brings the triple-threat advantage to companies who locate here.
As an original site for the Manhattan Project that launched the U.S. into the Atomic Age, the Oak Ridge community has uniquely supported the development of advanced energy in their backyard.
The nuclear industry has uniquely found a welcome home in the Oak Ridge community, with recent major projects and initiatives such as new small modular reactor projects coming online to advanced fusion reactor developments at the Oak Ridge National Labs, as well as other private and public developments.
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The Oak Ridge Corridor: No Better Place
The Economic Impact of the Nuclear Industry in the Southeast United States
The Southeastern United States is a leader in domestic nuclear energy production. Approximately 37 percent of net electricity production in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia comes from nuclear power, which is higher than in virtually all other U.S. states and is also higher than the U.S. average of approximately 19 percent.
Labor Statistics for the Nuclear & Advanced Energy Sector
Come to see for yourself. The Oak Ridge labor shed houses an energetic workforce.
Big News to Share
- Episode 180 | ISO Insights | PowerGen ’24 (Live)
- General Fusion Partners with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories to Advance Commercial Power Plant Design
- 179 | Cloud Confidence | ACCURE Battery Intelligence
- ⛅ Unique regional partnerships a key theme in SkyNano’s story
- NSERC Awards Funding to TRIUMF and General Fusion to Develop State-of-the-Art Diagnostic System for LM26 Fusion Machine
- 178 | Lighter Lift | Upwing Energy
- ORNL Invention Alert
- 'Nuclear is here': Why a nuclear renaissance is happening in Knoxville and Oak Ridge
- ORNL and Holocene team win tech transfer award
- Former EUROfusion CEO, Tony Donné, to Chair General Fusion’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee
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