Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Solving the Big Problems | ORNL
As the US Department of Energy’s largest multi-disciplinary laboratory, we deliver scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs to realize solutions for complex challenges including the transition to clean energy, mitigation of climate change, improvements to human health, and innovation that strengthens economic competitiveness.
Department of Energy awards $88.8M contract to build Stable …
1 day ago · The Department of Energy has awarded an $88.8 million contract to Hensel Phelps for the construction of a facility to enrich stable isotopes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.. Construction of the single-story, 64,000-square-foot U.S. Stable Isotope Production and Research Center (SIPRC), funded by DOE’s Isotope Program (IP), is expected to take two years and be completed in Spring 2027.
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We're developing technologies to track in real time the safety and security of nuclear materials in transit. The national security missions we serve and the science-based solutions we provide will bolster our nation's capabilities, strengthen our allies and partners, and ensure a prosperous global future. Explore our missions and their global ...
What We Do - ORNL
ORNL advances the science behind national security. We apply unique expertise, capabilities, resources, and facilities to solve critical scientific challenges in cybersecurity, nuclear security, and human security. As the largest Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, ORNL engages in diverse research activities that support the ...
Who We Are - ORNL
Who We Are. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is home to 6000+ scientists, engineers, technicians, and support staff representing more than 60 nations. We are driven by our shared purpose to meet the world’s biggest challenges with intelligence, creativity, and teamwork. Learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion at ORNL.
AI @ ORNL | ORNL
ORNL has a rich tradition of artificial intelligence, or AI, research dating back more than four decades and garnering more than ten patents. The laboratory’s AI Initiative is dedicated to ensuring secure, trustworthy, and energy efficient AI in the service of scientific research and national security. Through this internal research ...
Power line test bed energizes technologies for increasing grid …
1 day ago · PCAT is a test bed consisting of isolated power transmission lines mounted in spans across three towers and monitored by a suite of sensors. Testing is funded by users or through federally funded collaborations. The outdoor lab is used to monitor the performance of new conductor materials, sensors and controls, as well as coatings.
Quantum @ ORNL | ORNL
Quantum Science Center. The Quantum Science Center, a Department of Energy Office of Science National Quantum Information Science Research Center headquartered at ORNL, is creating new quantum technologies that will radically advance secure, energy-efficient computing and maintain American leadership in fundamental and applied science. Learn More.
The future of AI runs through ORNL
1 day ago · Five ways AI is leveling up ORNL research. By the time chatbots and other trendy AI tech began dominating business and pop culture, ORNL had already spent four and a half decades advancing AI as a cutting-edge research tool. In other words, if you were born the day the Oak Ridge Applied Artificial Intelligence Project was created in 1979, AARP flyers might soon be arriving in your mail.
Initiatives - ORNL
Initiatives at ORNL. Oak Ridge National Laboratory has a long and distinguished history of translating scientific discoveries into solutions that address the nation’s most pressing challenges. Whether in the 1940s as part of the Manhattan Project, in the 1970s energy crisis or more recently the COVID-19 pandemic, ORNL has harnessed its world ...