History of target making activities at ORNL from 1957 to 1996

A history of the target-making activities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1957 to the present is detailed. The history includes the impetus for initiating such an activity at ORNL as well as a summary of the target-making activities in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and thus far, in the 1990s. Some of the major accomplishments of the ORNL Target Program will be described.