Labs at-a-Glance: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory managed by UT-Battelle for the Department of Energy logo

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Quick Facts

  • Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • 4,470 acres and 210 buildings
  • 4,416 Full Time Employees
  • 841 Students
  • 2,501 Facility Users

Core Competencies

  • Nuclear Physics
  • Accelerator Science and Technology
  • Plasma and Fusion Energy Sciences
  • Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
  • Chemical and Molecular Science
  • Climate Change Science
  • Biological Systems Science
  • Environmental Subsurface Science
  • Advanced Computer Science, Visualization, and Data
  • Computational Science
  • Applied Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Applied Materials Science and Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Systems Engineering and Integration
  • Large Scale User Facilities

Office of Science User Facilities

  • Spallation Neutron Source
  • High Flux Isotope Reactor
  • Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility
  • Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility
  • Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
  • Shared Research Equipment User Facility
  • ARM Climate Research Facility

Funding by Source

FY 2009 (in $M)

FY 2009 Funding by Source (in $ million): Office of Science, $605.8; Work for Others, $195.7; NNSA, $186.0; DOE Energy Technologies, $160.4; DHS, $50.7; Other DOE, $21.6.
 
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Aerial view of Oak Ridge National LabCourtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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A scientist with thick gloves and a protective face shields looks at his experimentCourtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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