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🌱 How did Oak Ridge’s ORAU log six million safe work hours?

Oak Ridge, Tennessee Patch AM: a 5 min read

Good morning to you Oak Ridge! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How did Oak Ridge’s ORAU log six million safe work hours?
  • How new isotope tech at ORNL could reshape medicine and high-tech manufacturing.
  • ORNL scientist’s new honor highlights Oak Ridge’s global role in innovation.

Today's riddle: Where do insects shop? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
  • Sunday: Couple of thunderstorms, temps: high: 83, low: 70.
  • Monday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ORAU wins national awards for safety, sustainability (oakridger.com subscription) — Oak Ridge-based ORAU has earned two major National Safety Council awards after logging six million work hours without a serious injury, along with a national sustainability honor for its electronics purchasing. For local residents, this underscores a key employer’s strong safety culture and long-running commitment to environmentally responsible technology buying.
   

• US restores domestic isotope production with advanced enrichment technologies (innovationnewsnetwork.com) — Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading a renewed U.S. push to produce critical medical and industrial isotopes domestically, restoring large-scale enrichment capabilities that had lapsed for decades. New plasma-based and gas-centrifuge technologies at ORNL, plus a Stable Isotope Production and Research Center opening in phases from 2028, aim to secure supplies for cancer treatments, quantum tech, imaging, and national security applications.
   

• Hassen named Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (eurekalert.org) — Oak Ridge residents can take pride in ORNL’s Ahmed Arabi Hassen, who has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, one of the field’s top honors. His team’s work in advanced composites and additive manufacturing supports next-generation nuclear reactors, aerospace components, and smarter inspection methods, helping keep Oak Ridge at the forefront of high-tech innovation and U.S. competitiveness.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Is this anyone’s baby .
    He or she runs from me . He has collar and bandana . He is around Harbour pointe lane off Edgemoor (Nextdoor Oak Ridge East)
  • Just wanted to say hi my driver totaled her car today so probably going to miss dialysis at least Saturday going to try to get another driver for Tuesday it's to late to do Saturday.
    Hopefully God will find me a way if not back to hospital for me.Hope everyone has a good night and God bless everyone (Nextdoor Woodland)
  • Kroger Family of Companies posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Oak Ridge. Apply here.
  • PetSmart, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate Part Time in Oak Ridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Ridge here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oliver Springs

Lenoir City

  • Roane State Middle College launches in Loudon County (themountainpress.com)
  • Lowe's Planned for Lenoir City Following Site Plan Approval (wivk.com)

Ok Oak Ridge! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Flea market (Thank you Marti G. for sending it in!)
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