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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Oak Ridge Energy Sector Advantages
Cooperative Research and Development
DOE’s Technology Transfer Working Group offers a guide and other resources when it comes to cooperative research and other opportunities such as technology licensing and commercialization agreements. A guide is available with more information.
The GAIN initiative is a public-private partnership established by the U.S. Department of Energy and operates out of Idaho National Laboratory. We facilitate access to the technical, regulatory and financial support needed to accelerate the commercialization of advanced nuclear technologies.
As technologies move closer to commercialization, GAIN is also evolving to support organizations (states, utilities, communities) who are new to nuclear and interested in learning more. Our focus is to engage with state and local leaders to understand their needs first. GAIN can connect them with national lab resources to help understand how nuclear energy might serve their needs in the future. Learn more >
GAIN’s Mission: Provide the nuclear energy industry with access to the technical, regulatory, and financial support necessary to move innovative nuclear energy technologies toward commercialization in an accelerated and cost-effective fashion while helping communities with clean energy transitions.
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 laborshed houses an energetic workforce.
Oak Ridge Powers the Energy Sector
Many energy-based private businesses, contractors, and public organizations represent this space in the Oak Ridge community.
Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
National Nuclear Security Administration Production Office
Big News to Share
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- Measurement of spherical tokamak plasma compression in a PCS-16 magnetized target fusion experiment
- Peer-reviewed publication confirms General Fusion achieved plasma energy confinement time required for its LM26 large-scale fusion machine
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- General Fusion’s Made-in-Canada Technology Achieves First Plasma in Cutting Edge Fusion Demonstration Machine
- Changes to Federal Administrative Charge for non-DOE funded projects
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- Kairos Power Launches Operator Training Simulator at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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