Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT) was the successor of the Clinch College of Nuclear Knowledge, an educational facility located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Authorized by the U.S. government, ORSORT was founded in 1950 by Naval Admiral Hyman G. Rickover and Alvin Weinberg. At the time, it was the only school in the U.S. where one could receive a comprehensive twelve month education and training in practical applications of atomic energy. The school was made known first nationally and eventually worldwide to U.S. enterprises and to U.S. allies involved in the development of peaceful uses of atomic energy. ORSORT closed in 1965 as funding ended and as select universities began offering education on nuclear engineering.