US Secretary of Energy and Rep. Fleischmann make a stop at Oak Ridge National Lab
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, along with Republican Senator Bill Hagerty and Republican Representative Chuck Fleischmann, addressed the media Friday at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
It comes as Wright took a tour of different nuclear facilities around the area and learned more about the history of Oak Ridge.
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Fleischmann also noted the work Oak Ridge does towards energy independence and how the innovation done at ORNL makes it special.
"Nuclear energy, Oak Ridge is the birthplace of nuclear energy," Fleischmann said. "New nuclear, whether it's advanced reactors, microreactors, large reactors, we are doing the research here, and around the country, but we're leading here."
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