Description of ORNL FacilitiesOak Ridge National LaboratoryORNL_66976396-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c_66976d5a-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c_66976d5b-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cResidential & Commercial BuildingsDevelop and characterize the performance of technologies that maximize the energy efficiency and environmental sustainability of residential and commercial buildings in a cost-effective manner._66976d5c-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c1Buildings Technology Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)ORNL's BTRIC is devoted to the development and performance characterization of technologies that maximize the energy efficiency and environmental sustainability of residential and commercial buildings in a cost-effective manner. BTRIC's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and technical breakthroughs that will accelerate the development and deployment of solutions in building energy efficiency, and in doing so create economic opportunity for the nation. Over 30,000 square feet of lab facilities house a wealth of experimental apparatus, computational tools, and expertise on building envelopes; equipment, appliances, and their cycles and working fluids for heating, cooling, humidity control, water heating, and supermarket refrigeration; and system and whole-building performance measurement and analysis. BTRIC's state-of-the-art facilities support CRADA and other collaborations that bring cost-effective technologies and practices to market by connecting ORNL's multi-disciplinary science and technology expertise with industry's business discipline, market knowledge, and product development expertise. This approach has generated nine R & D 100 Awards and a long list of successful products in the market saving energy in real buildings._66976d5d-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cCarbon FiberOvercome commercialization and manufacturing barriers and realize the strength and energy saving benefits of carbon fiber materials._66976d5e-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c2Carbon Fiber Technology Facility (CFTF)Functionally within the MDF, ORNL operates DOE's unique Carbon Fiber Technology Facility (CFTF) -- a 42,000 ft2 innovative technology facility and works with leading companies to overcome commercialization and manufacturing barriers and realize the strength and energy saving benefits of these new materials. The CFTF, with its 390-ft. long processing line, is capable of custom unit operation configuration and has a capacity of up to 25 tons per year, allowing industry to validate conversion of their carbon fiber precursors at semi-production scale. CFTF produces market development quantities for compositing. As an integral part of DOE's only MDF, the CFTF serves as a hub for public–private partnerships in the emerging national network for innovations in manufacturing._66976d5f-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cEarth & Climate ChangeAdvance knowledge of the Earth system, describe the consequences of climate change, and evaluate and inform policy response to climate change._669773d6-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c3Climate Change Science Institute (CCSI)ORNL's CCSI is a multidisciplinary research center established to advance knowledge of the Earth system, describe the consequences of climate change, and evaluate and inform policy response to climate change. CCSI includes three Field Research Sites. 1) SPRUCE, with a field site in northern Minnesota, is an experiment to assess the response of northern peatland ecosystems to increases in temperature and exposures to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. SPRUCE science questions are focused on terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycles and the mechanisms that underlie their responses to climatic change. 2) Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments in the Arctic (NGEE Arctic), with a field site in Barrow, Alaska, advances understanding of how complex systems will respond to a changing climate and how underlying processes can be represented in climate models. 3) At Walker Branch Watershed on the DOE Oak Ridge Reservation, long-term ecological, hydrological, and biogeochemical research has been conducted since the late 1960s on this well-characterized 100-ha area. Opportunities are provided for independently funded researchers to address their own science questions at these three field sites._669773d7-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cNanoscale, Neutron & Synthesis SciencesIntegrate nanoscale science research with neutron science, synthesis science, and theory/modeling/simulation._669775c0-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c4Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)The CNMS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a research center and user facility that integrates nanoscale science research with neutron science, synthesis science, and theory/modeling/simulation. CNMS provides expertise and facilities to enable nanomaterials synthesis and functional assembly, advanced imaging and nanoscale characterization, nanomaterials theory, and a state-of-the-art cleanroom for nanofabrication. The facility houses approximately 60 research staff scientists and over 50 additional students and postdoctoral fellows. The CNMS's major scientific thrusts are in functional polymer and hybrid architectures, electronic and ion functionality on the nanoscale, and collective phenomena in nanophases. A major focus of the CNMS, which is collocated with the Spallation Neutron Source complex, is to exploit ORNL's unique capabilities in neutron scattering._66977610-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cProteins & Nucleic AcidsDevelop instrumentation and methods for determining the 3-dimensional structures of proteins, nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) and their higher order complexes._669777dc-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c5Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB)[Part of the High Flux Isotope Reactor user facility.] ORNL's CSMB is dedicated to developing instrumentation and methods for determining the 3-dimensional structures of proteins, nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) and their higher order complexes. The tools of the CSMB help understand how these macromolecular systems are formed and how they interact with other systems in living cells. Unique capabilities include: Bio-SANS, a Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) facility for biological samples at the High-Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR),Isotope Labeling Laboratories for cloning, gene expression, purification and characterization of labeled biological macromolecules, and Computational Techniques for the study of macromolecular complexes by SANS. Combined with selective Deuterium-labeling, it is possible to develop detailed structural models that enable the understanding of function. The focus of the CSMB is to bridge the information gap between cellular function and the molecular mechanisms that drive it._669777dd-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cNeutron Scattering, Irradiation & Neutron ActivationProvide facilities for neutron scattering, materials irradiation, and neutron activation analysis_669779f8-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c6High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)The HFIR at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a light-water cooled and moderated reactor that is the United States' highest flux reactor-based neutron source. HFIR operates at 85 megawatts to provide state-of-the-art facilities for neutron scattering, materials irradiation, and neutron activation analysis and is the world's leading source of elements heavier than plutonium for research, medicine, and industrial applications. The neutron scattering instruments installed on the four horizontal beam tubes are used in fundamental studies of the properties of a very wide range of materials of interest to solid-state physicists, chemists, biologists, polymer scientists, metallurgists, and colloid scientists. Recently, a number of improvements at HFIR have increased its capabilities and include the installation of larger beam tubes and shutters, a high-performance liquid hydrogen cold source, and neutron scattering instrumentation. The installation of the cold source provides beams of cold neutrons for scattering research that are as bright as any in the world._66977af2-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cMaterialsProvide expertise and instrumentation to characterize the microstructure and composition of materials and their physical and mechanical properties._66977b4c-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c7High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML)ORNL's HTML provides access to world-class expertise and instrumentation to characterize the microstructure and composition of materials and their physical and mechanical properties. Research emphases are on characterization of materials for highway transportation technologies including lightweight and high-strength materials, automotive and heavy-vehicle propulsion materials, thermoelectric and energy storage materials, and catalysts._66977cb4-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cManufacturing TechnologiesProvide a collaborative, shared infrastructure to help U.S. industry adopt energy efficient, flexible manufacturing technologies._66977d18-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c8Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF)The U.S. Department of Energy Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provides a collaborative, shared infrastructure to help U.S. industry adopt energy efficient, flexible manufacturing technologies to lower production cost, increase manufacturing energy efficiency, and create new products and opportunities for high-paying jobs. The MDF is the first such capability established by the DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office to provide industry with affordable and convenient access to facilities, tools and expertise to facilitate rapid deployment of advanced manufacturing processes and materials. Access to ORNL's expertise and world leading capabilities in material synthesis, characterization, and process technology is available through the MDF Technical Collaborations Program which is designed to assist manufacturing industries to implement new manufacturing concepts and methods. The scope of MDF Technical Collaborations is focused on additive manufacturing and carbon fiber and composites, but also includes other advanced manufacturing concepts consistent with ORNL strengths.U.S. IndustryU.S. Manufacturers_66977d19-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cVehicles, Infrastructure & TechnologySupport the development of advanced vehicle technologies to reduce petroleum use and lower greenhouse gas emissions, performance of vehicle-infrastructure systems analysis to improve system efficiency and reduce congestion, and assist in technology deployment._66977d1a-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c9National Transporation Research Center (NTRC)The National Transportation Research Center (NTRC) was created to support industry and government agencies in the development of advanced vehicle technologies to reduce petroleum use and lower greenhouse gas emissions, performance of vehicle-infrastructure systems analysis to improve system efficiency and reduce congestion, and assist in technology deployment. In combustion and fuel-effects research, facilities include seven double-ended engine dynamometers ranging from 25 to 600 horsepower, multiple full-pass engine control systems; vehicle chassis dynamometer; analytical chemistry and catalysis laboratories; and novel diagnostic instrumentation developed at NTRC for specialized needs such as dynamic in situ chemical speciation in catalysts and engines. Unique in the DOE Lab system is the Vehicle Systems Laboratory, a full powertrain research cell large enough for Class 8 truck systems, including capabilities to emulate and research hybrid powertrains in many configurations. Power electronics and electric motor capabilities include power semiconductor device testing and characterization, power module and inverter packaging, converter and inverter topology development, control and simulation, semiconductor-based device fabrication facilities, and wide bandgap material and medium- and high-voltage device evaluation and characterization. Electric drive components are benchmarked for industry in this facility. The Battery Manufacturing Facility offers the ability to integrate any component into a complete battery and analyze how well it works and how it can be improved. The Facility has 65 m2 (700 ft2) dry space with less than 0.5% relative humidity and can produce pouch cells of up to 66 × 99 × 12 mm and 7 ampere-hours, large enough to make market decisions yet small enough to affordably demonstrate the impact of innovative technologies. The Fuel Cell Laboratory at NTRC is aimed at supporting the development of fuel cell technology by analyzing fuel cell behavior under typical operating conditions._66977d1b-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cSupercomputer [Host a] supercomputer dedicated to open scientific research._66977d1c-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c10Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)The OLCF was established in 2004 and was charged with developing an unclassified computing resource 100 times more powerful than the systems of the day. Today the OLCF is home to Titan, a Cray XK7 computer system capable of 27 thousand trillion calculations per second -- or 27 petaflops -- the OLCF combines world-class staff with cutting-edge facilities and support systems. Titan, with 18,688 16-core AMD Opteron processors (Central Processing Units - CPUs) and NVIDIA accelerators (Graphical Processing Units - GPUs), 710 terabytes of memory, a 32-petabyte file system, and input/output bandwidth of one terabyte per second. is the United States' fastest and most powerful supercomputer dedicated to open scientific research. The center serves elite computational scientists from all areas of the research community through user programs such as the Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program and the Department of Energy's ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) program, delivering state-of-the-art computing, data, visualization, and analytics resources to solve the world's most challenging science problems. In 2013, nearly two billion processor hours on Titan were awarded to projects from universities, private industry, and government research laboratories, representing a wide array of scientific and engineering research, from climate science to critical materials discovery and to nuclear physics. The OLCF also provides a number of computing clusters for data analysis, a state-of-the-art data visualization laboratory, a data archive capable of storing dozens of petabytes of data, and most importantly, the experts to help the users make the most of these resources.Computational Scientists_66977d1d-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cOutdoor LaboratoryProvides an “outdoor laboratory" for research and education, especially in the environmental sciences._66977d1e-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c11Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park (NERP)The Oak Ridge National Environmental Research Park is a DOE research facility that provides approximately 20,000 acres of undeveloped area as a huge “outdoor laboratory" for research and education, especially in the environmental sciences. Lying in the heart of the eastern deciduous forest ecoregion, the Research Park contains wetlands, prairies, streams, reservoirs, and other uncommon habitats in addition to upland mixed forests. Scientists working on the Research Park enjoy its many unique advantages, including a large information base and close proximity to educational institutions. They also have access to many on-site resources, such as the services of environmental scientists and the field and laboratory facilities at ORNL. The Park was designated an international biosphere reserve in 1989 as one of the six units of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve. It is also a Tennessee Wildlife Management Area and a core site for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)._66977db8-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cWMDEnable development of new technologies that combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction._66977eda-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c12Safeguards LaboratoryThe ORNL Safeguards Laboratory is equipped with a comprehensive set of field-deployable instrumentation for safeguards system development and personnel training. Mock-ups using industrial equipment and reference nuclear materials simulate real-world conditions for training, testing, and evaluations. The lab's openness and availability to the private sector enable development of new technologies that combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction._66977fe8-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cElectron Beam MicrocharacterizationMake available electron beam microcharacterization facilities for collaboration with researchers._66978100-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c13Shared Research Equipment Program (ShaRE)The SHaRE User Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory makes available state-of-the-art electron beam microcharacterization facilities for collaboration with researchers from universities, industry and other government laboratories. Most SHaRE projects seek correlations at the microscopic or atomic scale between structure and properties in a wide range of metallic, ceramic, and other structural materials. A diversity of research projects has been conducted, such as the characterization of magnetic materials, catalysts, semiconductor device materials, high Tc superconductors, and surface-modified polymers. Analytical services (service microscopy) which can be purchased from commercial laboratories are not possible through SHaRE. The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education manages the SHaRE program.University ResearchersIndustry ResearchersGovernment Laboratories_66978240-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cNeutron MeasurementsAllows for measurements of greater sensitivity, higher speed, higher resolution, and in more complex sample environments than have been possible at other neutron facilities._6697836c-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c14Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)The SNS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a next-generation spallation neutron source for neutron scattering that is currently the most powerful neutron source in the world. The SNS consists of a proton accelerator system that delivers short (microsecond) proton pulses to a target/moderator system where neutrons are produced by a process called spallation. The neutrons are delivered to specially designed, state-of-the-art instruments where they are used for a wide variety of investigations on the properties of materials in fields such as physics, chemistry, materials science, and biology. The SNS allows for measurements of greater sensitivity, higher speed, higher resolution, and in more complex sample environments than have been possible at other neutron facilities. The facility can accommodate 24 instruments. The SNS was designed to be upgraded to 3 MW of power and to accommodate a second target station and additional instruments in the future._66978498-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cRadioactive MaterialsContain and provide shielding for all types of high-level radioactive materials._669785e2-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c15Transuranic Processing FacilityThe Transuranic Processing Facility (7920), along with the Thorium-U Recycle Facility (7930) comprise the Radiochemical Engineering Development Complex. 7920 is designed to contain and provide shielding for all types of high-level radioactive materials, including gamma, beta, alpha, and neutron emitters. The equipment in the hot cell cubicles can be operated and maintained entirely by remote handling methods. The equipment is modular and can be replaced, upgraded, or reconfigured remotely. 7920 is the production, storage, and distribution center for the DOE heavy element research program, which separates and purifies elements from plutonium through fermium. 7920 has nine heavily shielded hot cells that contain equipment for high-radiation-level radiochemical processing equipment, analytical chemistry operations, and target fabrication activities, with a 50-ton bridge crane to service the cells and handle heavy equipment and casks. There are also eight laboratories, including two shielded caves, that are used for final product purification and packaging, process control analyses, and process development work. The facility also contains a solvent extraction test facility in cell 5 and cubicle 5 containing equipment designed to perform irradiated reactor fuel reprocessing tests. There is also a transfer and decontamination facility to serve as the interface between the cell bank and shipping carriers. It also serves as the terminus for the pneumatic transfer between the Transuranic Processing Facility and Thorium-Uranium Recycle Facility for transfer of californium packages.The facility utilizes vessel off-gas and cell off-gas systems vented through a common stack shared by Transuranic Processing Facility, Thorium-Uranium Recycle Facility, and HFIR.Radiochemical Engineering Development Complex_66978704-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cCf-252 & Cm-248Purify Cf-252 and recover Cm-248._66978830-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c16Thorium-U Recycle FacilityThe Thorium-U Recycle Facility (7930), along with the Transuranic Processing Facility (7920), comprise the Radiochemical Engineering Development Complex. 7930 is a heavily shielded hot cell facility designed for operation and maintenance by master-slave manipulators and remotely controlled in-cell cranes. The Thorium-Uranium Recycle Facility is adjacent to the Transuranic Processing Facility with a common low-level liquid waste (LLLW) pipeline and a pneumatic rabbit transfer system between the two facilities. The Thorium-Uranium Recycle Facility contains the Californium Facility for final purification of Cf-252 and recovery of Cm-248. Cell C is utilized as the Cf-252 User Facility for neutron science. 7930 has a large hot cell complex having six shielded cells and one unshielded cell containing ~2500 ft2 of shielded processing area. There is a maintenance and service area surrounding the cell complex, including a high bay area with a 50-ton bridge crane. A water-filled pool is currently used for californium storage. Processing equipment for Cf purification and remote Cf source fabrication are also located in the facility. A Cf User Facility is available for neutron science research. The facility utilizes a cell off-gas system vented through the 7911 stack shared with Building 7920 and HFIR. LLLW is discharged to the Melton Valley LLLW facilities.Radiochemical Engineering Development Complex_66978984-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5cIrradiated Fuels[Enable] metallurgical and metallographic studies of irradiated fuels for power and test reactors._66978ac4-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c17Irradiated Fuels Examination Laboratory (IFEL)The IFEL was designed for metallurgical and metallographic studies of irradiated fuels for power and test reactors. The IFEL is also capable of post-irradiation examination (PIE) of test loops and other reactor components. Other programs conducted at the IFEL in the past include the examination of sealed radiation sources of Cs-137 (50,000 Ci); Ir-192 isotope processing, packaging, and shipping; and spent nuclear fuel remediation and packaging. The IFEL has a large hot cell structure consisting of 3 separate cells (in the shape of a “U"), consisting of 13 workstations and 15 viewing windows, each with a pair of master-slave manipulators. The inside surfaces of the cells lined with stainless steel to aid decontamination and the gas tight cells are alpha type. There are also electromechanical manipulators and a 3-ton crane for moving heavy objects inside the cells. The facility also contains a Core Conduction Cool-down Test Facility to test radioactive samples under controlled thermal conditions while monitoring the samples to determine the release rate of volatile radioactive materials. An irradiated microsphere gamma analyzer to determine the types and amount of fission products in irradiated coated-particle fuel is also located in the facility. A scanning electron microscope (SEM)/microprobe sample preparation cell is available to prepare small amounts of irradiated fuel or alpha-contaminated or irradiated materials for SEM/microprobe examination. The is also a large decontamination cell on the second floor. There is also a hot equipment storage area available._66978c04-3e1b-11e4-8274-bce782db4d5c2014-09-16https://www.data.gov/app/uploads/2014/06/DOE-Inventory.csvOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net