The largest science and energy laboratory of the US Department of Energy, at Bethel Valley Road in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It marked eighty years as a research institution in 2023, having begun as the Manhattan Project's Clinton Laboratories, the X-10 site, before evolving into a research laboratory; more than 7,000 scientists, engineers, technicians and support staff from more than seventy nations work there today.
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Organization Type Founded Year HeadquartersOak Ridge, Tennessee, United States 1 Connections
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Directed Oak Ridge National Laboratory for nearly two decades.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory built and operated the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment, 1965 to 1969, the formative demonstration of molten salt reactor technology.
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As the Southeast's only DOE Office of Science national laboratory...
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory marked 80 years as a research institution in 2023.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 1 Bethel Valley Road | Oak Ridge, TN 37830
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States.
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