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Situated on 1,500 beautiful, wooded acres and surrounded by the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, Argonne National Laboratory is one of the nation's leading federally funded research and development centers. |
Argonne National Laboratory, one of the U.S. Department
of Energy's oldest and largest national laboratories for science and
engineering research, employs roughly 2,900 employees, including about 1,000 scientists and engineers, three-quarters of whom
hold doctoral degrees. Argonne's annual operating budget of around $540 million supports upwards of 200 research projects, which
are broadly described below. Since 1990, Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous federal agencies and other
organizations.
Argonne's mission is
to apply a unique mix of world-class science, engineering and user facilities to deliver innovative research and technologies. We create new knowledge that addresses the most important scientific and societal needs of our nation.
We actively seek opportunities to work with industry to transfer our technologies to
the marketplace through licensing, joint research and many other collaborative relationships.
Argonne is dedicated to protecting our employees, guests and neighbors in all our activities. Every employee, visitor, facility
user and research collaborator is expected to put safety above all other concerns. No job is important enough to compromise safety.
Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Argonne is located on 1,500
acres (6.9 sq. km.) in southwest DuPage County, Ill., 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Chicago, just off Interstate 55; the site
is completely encircled by the Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve.
Research at Argonne centers around three principal areas:
- Energy
- Energy Storage: Argonne develops transformational energy storage systems that enable and enhance electric-drive vehicles
and a green-energy grid through electrical energy storage development, prototype and manufacturing process engineering, stationary
storage and grid management, and electric transportation systems.
- Alternative Energy and Efficiency: Argonne is developing the next generation of alternative energy sources to promote energy
independence through improved chemical fuels, advanced biofuels, and solar energy systems, as well as through the optimization
of fuel and engine dynamics.
- Nuclear Energy: Argonne develops advanced reactor and fuel cycle systems – including fast reactor and fuel cycle
technologies, advanced modeling and simulation methods, and innovative nuclear energy systems – to enable the safe and sustainable
generation of nuclear energy.
- Biological and Environmental Systems: Argonne produces integrated molecular-scale, hydrological, economic and social computational
models to enable regionally focused ecological and climate assessments through metagenome analysis, protein discovery, regional
climate prediction and integrated climate, energy and economic discovery.
- National Security: Argonne provides critical security technologies that prevent and mitigate events with potential for mass
disruption or destruction through the nonproliferation and forensics of weapons of mass destruction, decision sciences, new sensors
and materials, and cyber security.
Scientific User Facilities
Argonne scientists and engineers carry out both fundamental and applied scientific projects and maintain a number of large
scientific user facilities that enhance research, especially projects that use hard X-rays and advanced computers. Our user facilities
include:
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