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.[3]

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Aerial view of ORNL's main campus in 2014
Motto	"Solving Big Problems"[1]
Established	1943; 80 years ago (1943)
Research type	Multidisciplinary
Budget	US$2.4 billion
Field of research	Biology and Environment Clean Energy Materials National Security Nuclear research Neutron Science Supercomputing
Director	Jeff Smith
Staff	5,700
Location	Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States 35.93°N 84.31°W / 35.93; -84.31
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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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, Tennessee.[6][7] Its scientific programs focus on materials, nuclear science, neutron science, energy, high-performance computing, 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.