Oak Ridge National Laboratory is among the world’s premier research institutions, empowering leaders and teams to pursue breakthroughs in an environment marked by operational excellence and engagement with the communities where we live and work.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle LLC for the US Department of Energy

ORNL's capabilities include Biology and Environment, Clean Energy, Fusion and Fission, Isotopes, Materials, National Security, Neutron Science, and Supercomputing.

1 day ago · David Dunning, a master technician at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, received a Significant Achievement Award for the Robotics and Remote System Division at the 2024 American Nuclear Society (ANS) Winter Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida.. The ANS recognized Dunning, who has been with ORNL since 1983, for being instrumental in the development of the remote ...

Jan 29, 2025 · In a major milestone for cancer research, the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory helped reduce the time between cancer diagnosis and pathology report processing from 22 months to just 14 months, utilizing advanced artificial intelligence technology developed by ORNL's research team.

We conduct world-leading research that translates science into solutions for the world’s biggest problems. Our translational R&D approach spans fundamental science to demonstration and deployment, leveraging signature strengths in materials, neutrons, nuclear, and computing sciences. We play a ...

Jan 28, 2025 · A team of scientists led by a professor from Duke University discovered a way to help make batteries safer, charge faster and last longer. They relied on neutrons at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to understand at the atomic scale how lithium moves in lithium phosphorus sulfur chloride (Li 6 PS 5 Cl), a promising new type of solid-state battery material known as a ...

Ultimately, we work in national security science because we believe the American way of life is worth protecting. While our science serves critical national security missions — reducing nuclear risk, securing critical infrastructure, advancing human security, and accelerating manufacturing innovation — each effort is part of a broader goal: Preserve the freedom we enjoy as Americans.

ORNL has a rich tradition of artificial intelligence, or AI, research dating back more than four decades and garnering more than ten patents. The laboratory’s AI Initiative is dedicated to ensuring secure, trustworthy, and energy efficient AI in the service of scientific research and national security.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory marked three quarters of a century as a research institution in 2018. A few areas at the Department of Energy national laboratory still look like they did in 1943, particularly the Graphite Reactor Museum, where visitors can roam where physicist Enrico Fermi worked with other scientists and technicians in spartan, hastily constructed conditions, cloaked in …