[HangnJudge]

I've lived here for 19 years, and never seen the inside of this plant. Heard lots of stories, but as they say "If I told you what I do, I'd have to kill you" http://www.y12.doe.gov/

[cherokee1]

Maybe we should sent a postcard of this thing to the Iranians/NGooks----show ém what a real plant looks like, Tell them that's our old one (they oughta get a gander at the new one) and explain it's not that easy to put it underground or otherwise hide it. And we'd be happy to show them what it does!!!

[Professional Engineer]

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[Prince Caspian]

Our family moved to OR when I was a kid in 1967. Dad worked at Y-12. Graduated from ORHS in 71. My mom still lives there. Nice place. I go back a couple of times a year. It still looks almost exactly the same now as it did in 1967 - except for more restaurants. Back in 67, it was pretty much just Shoney's, Snow White, Woolworth lunch counter, and Davis Bros. Cafeteria. And the only 2 hotels in town were Holiday Inn and Best Western. Ah, nostaglia.

[fredhead]

My Mom worked at Oak Ridge for a few months in 1945 between the time she graduated high school and she and my Dad married. I never heard what she did there.

[Erasmus]

According to Richard Rhodes, author of The Making Of the Atomic Bomb, they requisitioned Fort Knox's silver to make conductors for the Calutron magnets.

[Martin Tell]

I see lots of graffiti in Nashville (from a stencil) that: "The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was made in Oak Ridge."

I am always tempted to write below it, "GOOD!"