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UPDATED Aug 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM ET
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Former ORNL Nuclear Director Sentenced Nearly 20 Years
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Andrew Worrall, former ORNL nuclear energy director in Farragut, gets 235 months for child exploitation and child porn.
WHO: Andrew Worrall, 56, former director of the nuclear energy program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
WHAT: Sentenced to 235 months in federal prison for child sexual exploitation offenses involving two teenage victims
WHEN: Aug 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM ET
WHERE: Farragut, Tennessee
WHY: He pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and production of child pornography
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