An overhead view of Jefferson Lab. To the right is the racetrack outline of the lab's accelerator, while at the bottom right the lab's experimental halls are visible as three round mounds. The two white buildings (center) are part of the TEDF, now under construction. The white building to the left is the EEL building.

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Visiting Jefferson lab

Jefferson Lab is located in Newport News on the southeastern coast of Virginia in an area known as Hampton Roads.

Situated between Norfolk and Williamsburg, Newport News is easily accessible by air, automobile and train.

Jefferson Lab is one of 17 national laboratories funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. It is a user facility, meaning its unique research tools are available to scientists and college students from around the world.

Currently, more than 1,300 users are engaged in research at the lab. Jefferson Lab also has more than 800 employees and contractors, who share work space and research facilities with users on the lab’s 206-acre campus.

The lab is managed and operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, a partnership between the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).

For the general public, Jefferson Lab holds an Open House every other year - opening many of its unique work and research areas to the public. The next Open House will take place on May 19, 2012.