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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Ted Fox Interim Associate Laboratory Director Energy and Engineering Sciences Oak Ridge, Tennessee March 21, 2006. Oak Ridge National Laboratory evolved from the Manhattan Project.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Ted Fox Interim Associate Laboratory Director Energy and Engineering Sciences Oak Ridge, Tennessee March 21, 2006

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory evolved from the Manhattan Project ORNL in 1943The Clinton Pile was the world’s first continuously operated nuclear reactor OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY U. S. DEPARTMENTOF ENERGY ORNL Overview_0504 GWDinner_0602 2

  3. Today, ORNL is DOE’s largest multipurpose science laboratory • Nation’s largest science facility:the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source • Nation’s largest concentrationof open source materials research • Nation’s largest energy laboratory • $300 million modernization in progress • $1 billion budget • 4,000 employees • 3,000 research guests annually • Nation’s largest unclassified scientific computing facility ORNL Overview_0504

  4. The next scientific frontier at ORNL is the nanoscale Research and technology developmentat the level of individual atoms and molecules • A national research priorityfor Federal investment • Strongly linked to the missionsof the Department of Energy • An exciting new fieldfor cutting-edge scienceand engineering • Novel properties and phenomena • Extraordinary potentialfor new technologies Characteristic dimensions less than 1/1,000th the diameter of a human hair ORNL Overview_0504

  5. We are developing and deploying world-class tools for nanoscale R&D Spallation Neutron Source • High-intensity neutrons for materials researchat the nanoscale • 1.4 MW of beam power on target • 16 instruments High Flux Isotope Reactor • The nation’s leading research reactor • World-classinstrumentsfor neutronscattering R&D Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Ultrahigh-resolution microscopy • Advanced Microscopy Laboratory • Aberration-corrected electron microscope • World-recordresolution: 0.6 Å • $65M facility willbegin operatingin October 2005 • User programlaunched with42 projects ORNL Overview_0504

  6. Oak Ridge will lead the worldin neutron scattering • Spallation Neutron Source • Total cost: $1.4 billion • Construction is >97% complete • On scope, on budget, on schedule for operation later this year • Upgraded High Flux Isotope Reactor • Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences ORNL Overview_0504

  7. We are unrivaled in advanced materials DOE’s firstnanoscience center World’s foremost capabilities for neutron science Leadership-class computing Record-settingelectron microscopes ORNL Overview_0504

  8. We are at the forefront in computing and simulation • Leading the partnership to develop the National Leadership Computing Facility • Leadership-class scientific computing capability • 100 teraflops by 2006; 250 teraflops by 2007 • Attacking key computational challenges • Climate change • Nuclear astrophysics • Fusion • Materials sciences • Biology • Providing access to our computational resources through high-speed networking ORNL Overview_0504

  9. We address the energy challenges of the present . . . and the future ORNL Overview_0504

  10. Welcome to ORNL ORNL Overview_0504

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