Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Aerial view of ORNL's main campus in 2014 | |
| Motto | "Solving Big Problems"[1] |
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| Established | 1943 |
| Research type | Multidisciplinary |
| Budget | US$2.4 billion |
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| Director | Stephen Streiffer |
| Staff | 5,700 |
| Location | Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States 35°56′N 84°19′W / 35.93°N 84.31°W |
| Campus | ORNL occupies about 10,000 acres (40 km2) of the approximately 35,000 acres (140 km2) Oak Ridge Reservation |
| Affiliations | United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
Operating agency | UT–Battelle |
| Website | ornl.gov |
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Location in Tennessee | |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1943, the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UT–Battelle, LLC.[3]
Established in 1943, ORNL is the largest science and energy national laboratory in the Department of Energy system by size[4] and third largest by annual budget.[5] It is located in the Roane County section of Oak Ridge.[6][7] Its scientific programs focus on materials, nuclear science, neutron science, energy, high-performance computing, environmental science, systems biology and national security, sometimes in partnership with the state of Tennessee, universities and other industries.
ORNL has several of the world's top supercomputers, including Frontier, ranked by the TOP500 as the world's second most powerful. The lab is a neutron and nuclear power research facility that includes the Spallation Neutron Source, the High Flux Isotope Reactor, and the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences.
- ^ "Solving Big Problems: Science and Technology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory" (PDF). Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ^ "Solving the big problems". Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ "Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers | NCSES | NSF". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ "Oakridge.doe.gov". Oakridge.doe.gov. Archived from the original on July 1, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ "Department of Energy FY 2020 Congressional Budget Request" (PDF). Department of Energy. March 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to Roane County". Roane Alliance. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- ^ "Maps and Directions". ornl.gov. Retrieved January 9, 2021.