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Mining activities in the basin resulted in a major environmental disaster, which left the landscape in the basin barren for more than a century. [74] Iron ore was another major mineral mined in Tennessee until the early 20th century. [75] Tennessee was also a top producer of phosphate until the early 1990s. [76]
The U.S. Department of Energy's sites in Oak Ridge are phasing out aging Manhattan Project infrastructure and pouring millions into new construction in a push to keep the U.S. out front on ...
The energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution. Modern society consumes large amounts of fuel, and the energy industry is a crucial part of the infrastructure and maintenance of society in almost all countries.
The museum has both permanent and rotating exhibits, including robots, science puzzles, a NOAA weather station, a timeline of atomic discoveries, a large Van de Graaff generator, a display devoted to nuclear weapons and the Y-12 Plant, and a solar energy demonstration project. Its flagship exhibit, titled "Secret City - The Oak Ridge Story ...
Renewable energy projects like solar panel farms wait years before they can plug into TVA's grid. Most don't make it. As Tennessee grows, clean energy waits years to plug into TVA amid 'explosion ...
A global renewable energy company is creating 90 new jobs as the East Tennessee region increases its reputation as an energy industry stronghold. Global company's major expansion in Knoxville ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is the primary utility in Tennessee which generates electricity and sells it to hundreds of local utilities and industrial customers. [2] Like most of the US, the sources used to generate power in Tennessee have changed substantially in the last decade.
Originally conceived to alleviate poverty in the Tennessee Valley, TVA was one of America’s great adventures into harnessing the power of a major river system to provide affordable energy.