DOE OSTI2012
The mission of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is to deliver scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs that will accelerate the development and deployment of solutions in clean energy and global security, and in doing so create economic opportunity for the nation. To execute this mission, ORNL integrates and applies distinctive core capabilities that provide it with signature strengths in neutron scattering, advanced materials, high-performance computing, and nuclear science and engineering. The intended outcome is to produce transformational innovations that will enable a 21st century industrial revolution. Managed by UT-Battelle, a partnership of the University of Tennessee (UT) and Battelle Memorial Institute, ORNL was established in 1943 to support the Manhattan Project. From an early focus on chemical technology and reactor development, ORNL’s research and development (R&D) portfolio broadened to include programs supporting DOE missions in scientific discovery and innovation, clean energy, and nuclear security. Today, as DOE’s largest science and energy laboratory, ORNL is engaged in programs and partnerships that leverage major national investments in critical research infrastructure, including the world’s foremost resources for neutron sciences, the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), and the nation’s most powerful scientific computing complex. ORNL also manages the U.S. ITER project for DOE. Each year, ORNL hosts thousands of facility users and visiting scientists, many of whom perform work at its 10 user facilities, and supports the development of the next generation of scientific and technical talent. ORNL has a staff of about 4,400 and an annual budget of more than $\$$1.6 billion. The Laboratory’s extensive capabilities for scientific discovery and innovation are applied to the delivery of mission outcomes for DOE and other sponsors.