energy

The federal government is running out of a key ingredient for nuclear weapons: high-purity depleted uranium. Now they want to manufacture it in rural Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee and Y-12 will create a center focused on overcoming nuclear manufacturing challenges, which is projected to create nearly 700 jobs and add $340 million to the economy.

When the Department of Energy designated Knoxville as a Solar City a decade ago, the number of solar installers was smaller, the public wasn’t as informed…