Finally, as you'd expect, ORNL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. One of the perks of working at ORNL is living in East Tennessee. Our location and mountains combine to produce a moderate climate with four distinct seasons. Spring and autumn are spectacularly colorful. Winters are usually mild, with average temperatures in the 40s and few snowfalls.
Summers tend to be hot and muggy.
Today, it has a surprisingly cosmopolitan flair for a Tennessee city of 29,000. The Oak Ridge public schools system is considered one of the nation's finest. More than half the system's professional staff members hold advanced degrees. Oak Ridge students consistently perform at outstanding levels, as evidenced by above-average SAT scores and numerous National Merit Scholarships. Three-fourths of the city's high school graduates go on to college.