Nuclear Startup to Build Reactor Plant at Manhattan Project Site
A Maxar satellite image of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory outside of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Source: Satellite image ©2025 Maxar TechnologiesRadiant Industries Inc., a California-based nuclear startup, plans to build a factory for its reactors at a site in Tennessee that was once part of the Manhattan Project.
Radiant expects to break ground early next year, and the facility may be producing small reactors by 2028, according to a company statement on Monday. The land for the new factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was used by the US government in the 1940s to enrich uranium that was critical for the original atomic bombs.