As we celebrate ORNL's historical achievements, our challenge is to build on Alvin Weinberg's notion of a laboratory whose mission evolves and strengthens over time. To that end, we continue to build on ORNL's historic competencies in energy, life sciences, neutron sciences and advanced materials while adding new research missions in the areas of national security and high-performance computing. Equally important, our staff scientists in collaboration with over 4,000 visiting researchers annually make new scientific discoveries and develop new technologies. Using ORNL's unique facilities from the Spallation Neutron Source to Titan, the world's fastest supercomputer, these scientists keep our laboratory at the forefront of the world's leading scientific research centers.
Historical overviews
- ORNL Review: 60 Years of Great Science
- ORNL: The First 50 Years (1943-1993)
- An Account of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Thirteen Nuclear Reactors (PDF)
- History of the Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Museum
Historical reports
- Analytical Chemistry Division (1990)
- Chemical Technology Division (1993)
- Classified Activities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2000)
- Engineering Technology Division (1992)
- Environmental Sciences Division (1993)
- Health and Safety Research Division (1992)
- Laboratory Protection Division (1992)
- Metals and Ceramics Division (1999)
- Plant and Equipment Division (1993)
- Research Reactors Division (1993)
- Robotics and Process Systems Division (Fuel Recycle Division) (1992)
- History of the Solid State Division (1996)
- Tower Shielding Facility and Programs (1993)