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Ted FoxInterim Associate Laboratory DirectorEnergy and Engineering Sciences
Oak Ridge, TennesseeMarch 21, 2006
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
ORNL in 1943The Clinton Pile was the world’s first continuously operated nuclear reactor
Oak Ridge National Laboratory evolved from the Manhattan Project
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
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
Today, ORNL is DOE’s largest Today, ORNL is DOE’s largest multipurpose science laboratorymultipurpose science laboratory
$1 billion budget 4,000 employees 3,000 research guests annually Nation’s largest unclassified
scientific computing facility
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
The next scientific frontier at ORNL is the nanoscale
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 potential
for new technologies
Research and technology developmentat the level of individual atoms and molecules
Characteristic dimensions less than 1/1,000th the
diameter of a human hair
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
We are developing and deploying world-class tools for nanoscale R&DSpallation 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-record
resolution: 0.6 Å
$65M facility willbegin operatingin October 2005
User programlaunched with42 projects
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
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
Oak Ridge will lead the worldin neutron scattering
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
We are unrivaled in advanced materials
World’s foremost capabilities for neutron science
DOE’s firstnanoscience center
Record-settingelectron
microscopes
Leadership-class computing
DOE’s largestmaterials and condensed matter programs
Special strengths in advanced alloys and ceramics, correlated electron materials, macromolecular systems,and carbon-based materials
SNS and HFIR offer transforming capabilities
Structure and dynamics, large-scale structures, spins, neutron and neutrino physics
World-class capabilitiesfor nanoscale science
Synthesis, nanoscale characterization, spin-sensitiveand other probe spectroscopies
Leadership-class computing Predictive simulation of materials and molecular interactions
Unmatchedcharacterization capabilities
Electron microscopy, mass spectrometry, local electron probes, physical and chemical properties measurement
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
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
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
Generation Distribution Consumption
Fossil
Fission
Renewables
Fusion
Transmission technology
Hydrogen
Distributed energy resources
Buildings
Industry
Transportation
Supporting DOE’s strategic goalsfor energy security and independence
We address the energy challenges of the present . . . and the future
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYU. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ORNL Overview_0504
Welcome to ORNL
