Oak Ridge National Laboratory

CTL-E-4246 · Institution · other · 1943-present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

U.S. national laboratory in Tennessee; one of Lonnie Johnson's early jobs was designing cooling systems for nuclear reactors there, before he joined the U.S. Air Force.

Notes

RELP97 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1071 affiliated_with. Identity-checked 2026-10-06: no collision.

Referenced by

Lonnie G. Johnson — affiliated with → this record

Sources

AARP, 'Super Soaker Water Gun Turns 30' (2020). https://www.aarp.org/events-history/super-soaker-water-gun-turns-30-2020/
Fletcher Yoder, 'Black History Month: Honoring Lonnie Johnson'. https://www.fyiplaw.com/black-history-month-honoring-lonnie-johnson/

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