橡树岭国家实验室 Oak Ridge National Laboratory
橡树岭国家实验室(Oak Ridge National Laboratory - 缩写为ORNL)是美国能源部所属的一个大型国家实验室,成立于1943年,最初是作为美国曼哈顿计划的一部分,以生产和分离铀和钚为主要目的建造的,原称克林顿实验室。2000年4月以后由田纳西大学和Battelle纪念研究所共同管理。
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy (DOE) by UT-Battelle. ORNL is the largest science and energy national laboratory in the Department of Energy system.[1] ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. ORNL's scientific programs focus on materials, neutron science, energy, high-performance computing, systems biology and national security.
ORNL partners with the state of Tennessee, universities and industries to solve challenges in energy, advanced materials, manufacturing, security and physics.
The laboratory is home to several of the world’s top supercomputers and is a leading neutron science and nuclear energy research facility that includes the Spallation Neutron Source and High Flux Isotope Reactor. ORNL hosts the Titan supercomputer; the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, the BioEnergy Science Center, and the *Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light-Water Reactors.