ORAU Has Been Involved in the Fight Against Cancer in Various Ways for More Than 70 Years
August 07, 2024
August 07, 2024
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The Oak Ridge Associated Universities issued the following news release:
In 1950, ORINS, the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (now ORAU), opened a 30-bed cancer hospital. It was one of three facilities across the country developed at the urging of the Atomic Energy Commission after the end of World War II and the Manhattan Project to explore the use of radioisotopes in cancer treatment. The other hospitals were located near Argonne Nat . . .
In 1950, ORINS, the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (now ORAU), opened a 30-bed cancer hospital. It was one of three facilities across the country developed at the urging of the Atomic Energy Commission after the end of World War II and the Manhattan Project to explore the use of radioisotopes in cancer treatment. The other hospitals were located near Argonne Nat . . .