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Oak Ridge scientists invent underwater X-ray machine

By Caroline Eggers

December 17, 2025

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a portable device to see through metal while underwater. It’s a new invention that earned them an R&D 100 award, one of the most prestigious nods in engineering. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, oil spill

Dirt is key to understanding Tennessee’s environmental disasters in 2022. Let’s talk about it.

By Caroline Eggers

December 22, 2022

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In 2022, soil was a key factor in all of Tennessee’s environmental disasters.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: climate change, drought, heat, landslide, oil spill, pipeline, soil, top stories 2022

Tennessee’s massive oil spill cost $4.7 million. A federal investigation says it poured from a 7-inch crack.

By Caroline Eggers

August 5, 2022

In June, a tiny puncture in a 72-year-old pipeline leaked thousands of barrels worth of crude oil into Chester County.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: chester county, environment, fossil fuels, oil, oil spill, pollution

Tennessee’s second-largest crude oil spill narrowly missed the state’s biggest aquifer

By Caroline Eggers

July 6, 2022

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A pipeline that crosses eight states burst in Tennessee last week and leaked more than 200,000 gallons of crude oil into the rural town of Henderson – making it the second-largest crude oil spill in state history.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: chester county, fossil fuels, oil spill, pipeline, pollution, TDEC

Tennessee just had its second-largest crude oil spill ever, with 200,000 gallons leaking into rural town

By Caroline Eggers

July 5, 2022

A crude oil pipeline dumped about 4,800 barrels of crude oil into the surrounding area and into a local creek in Chester County last week.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, oil, oil spill, pipeline, pollution

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