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Cleanup of ORNL Excess Facilities
- The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was established in
1943 as part of the secret Manhattan Project to pioneer a method for producing and separating plutonium. During the 1950s and 1960s, and with the creation of DOE in the 1970s, ORNL became an international center for the study of nuclear energy and related research in the physical and life sciences.
- Main ORNL site occupies approximately 4,470 acres and
includes facilities in two valleys, Bethel Valley and Melton Valley, as well as the Spallation Neutron Source on Chestnut Ridge.
- Currently, ORNL supports the nation with a science and
technology mission much different from the work carried out during the Manhattan Project. Major science program investments have yielded modern research capability and capacity, enabling the expansion of ORNL core competencies and infrastructure to meet customer needs
- The nation’s $2B investment at ORNL since 2000 has allowed it
to become one of the world’s largest and most advanced science and energy research institutions, enabling scientific discovery in materials and chemical sciences, nuclear science, supercomputing and energy research.
ORNL AT A GLANCE
Location: Oak Ridge, TN Type: Multiprogram Responsible Site Office: DOE-Office of Science Site M&O Contractor: UT-Battelle