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Upon Arrival

Upon Arrival

Pick Up Badge – The new Chestnut Ridge Visitors Center is conveniently located in building 8600 for intermittent Facility User and Visitor badge pick up.  Foreign nationals are required to provide their passport and visa, including I-20 document or Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) “green” card, if applicable. The Visitor Center Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Photo Identification  - Effective March 30, 2015, ORNL has become fully compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005. This Act requires that anyone accessing a Federal Facility, which ORNL is, must present a compliant form of identification. State-issued driver's licenses that are not REAL ID compliant will no longer be accepted as proof of identity at ORNL. If you are from one of the noncompliant states, you will need to provide another form of approved identification as listed at http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/acceptable-ids. You will not be allowed entry to any ORNL facility unless you have a form of compliant identification.

Hours of Operation

The CNMS is committed to providing its users with routine access to its facilities and instrumentation, as well as technical assistance when needed, during the Operating Hours listed below except on ORNL-wide holidays. Users are expected to schedule their work in advance in consultation with collaborating CNMS staff, and to recognize that individual staff members may have other obligations at specific times, but the intent is that someone will be “on-call” to assist users during these hours. Similarly, facilities and instrumentation may be reserved at specific times during these hours for maintenance or upgrades and for the conduct of CNMS-sponsored research but every effort will be made to give priority in scheduling to CNMS users during these operating hours.

Longer hours may be possible for certain facilities on an occasional basis, but only if special arrangements are made in advance. Such requests may be granted on a case-by-case basis subject to user proficiency and availability of equipment and staff.

CNMS Facility Operating Hours:

Macromolecular Nanomaterials: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri
Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri
Scanning Probe Microscopy: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri
Nanomaterials Theory Institute: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri*
Nanofabrication (cleanroom) & Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials: 7:00am - 5:00pm, Mon-Fri
Electron & Atom Probe Microscopy: 7:00am - 7:00pm, Mon-Fri
X-ray Diffraction: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri

* Refers to availability of theory research staff at the CNMS. The computing facilities are available 24 hours, 7 days a week and are supported by the NCCS User Assistance Center 9:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri and the ORNL Computer Operations staff at other times.

ORNL-wide Holidays

ORNL observes 10 holidays each year as listed below. In general, CNMS staff will not be available to assist users on these holidays unless special arrangements are made in advance.

2020
New Year’s Day
Wednesday, January 1
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Monday, January 20
Good Friday Friday, April 10
Memorial Day Monday, May 25
Independence Day Friday, July 3
Labor Day Monday, September 7
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 26
Companion to Thanksgiving Friday, November 27
Companion to Christmas Day Thursday, December 24
Christmas Day Friday, December 25

2021
New Year’s Day Friday, January 1
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Monday, January 18
Good Friday Friday, April 2
Memorial Day Monday, May 31
Independence Day Monday, July 5
Labor Day Monday, September 6
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 25
Companion to Thanksgiving Friday, November 26
Companion to Christmas Day Thursday, December 23
Christmas Day Friday, December 24