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Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Medical Division

Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Medical Division is a Tennessee historical marker in Tennessee., Anderson County.

Vance Road, just west of Tennyson Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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The Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Medical Division was one of three hospitals the Atomic Energy Commission set up after World War II to explore the use of radiation in cancer treatment. Physicians and scientist-built scanners and tele-therapy units for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. In addition to work in nuclear medicine, this facility also offered programs in immunology, biochemistry, cellular biology, and cytogenetics. Out of this facility grew the Radiation Internal Dose Information Center and the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Briceville, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Medical Division

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