Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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 now sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UT–Battelle, LLC.
Aerial view of ORNL's main campus in 2014 | |
| Motto | "Solving Big Problems" |
|---|---|
| Established | 1943 |
| Research type | Multidisciplinary |
| Budget | US$2.4 billion |
Field of research | |
| Director | Stephen Streiffer |
| Staff | 5,700 |
| Location | Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States 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 |
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Location in Tennessee | |
Established in 1943, ORNL is the largest science and energy national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (by size) and third largest by annual budget. It is located in the Roane County section of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 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 most powerful. The lab is a leading neutron and nuclear power research facility that includes the Spallation Neutron Source, the High Flux Isotope Reactor, and the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences.
Commissioned in 1944, the USS Oak Ridge is named after Oak Ridge National Laboratory.