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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in , United States. Founded in 1943, the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UT–Battelle, LLC.
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  • Type: Industry
  • Description: government research facility in Tennessee, United States
  • Also known as: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fire Department” and “ORNL”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include X-10 Graphite Reactor and Multiprogram Research Facility.

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The is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in . Formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile, it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor and the first intended for continuous operation. is situated 2,400 feet west of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Office
The is a facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in , . It is used by the U.S. National Security Agency to design and build supercomputers for cryptanalysis and other classified projects. is situated 740 feet west of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Research institute
The is an accelerator-based neutron source facility in the U.S. that provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific research and industrial development. is situated 1½ miles north of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oak Ridge and Robertsville.

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is a city in . was created as secret city during World War II as part of the Manhattan Project. In , thousands worked in secrecy to enrich the uranium used in the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

Hamlet
was a farming community in , that was disbanded in 1942 when the area was acquired for the Manhattan Project. Its site is now part of the city of . is situated 6 miles north of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Latitude
35.9302° or 35° 55′ 49″ north
Longitude
-84.30992° or 84° 18′ 36″ west
Elevation
794 feet (242 metres)
Open location code
867QWMJR+32
Open­Street­Map ID
way 300971334
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
8098502
Wiki­data ID
Q714439
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Oak Ridge National Laboratory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مختبر أوك ردج الوطني”
  • Arabic: “مختبر أوك ريدج القومي”
  • Arabic: “مختبر أوك ريدج الوطني”
  • Armenian: “Oak Ridge National Lab”
  • Armenian: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Armenian: “ORNL”
  • Armenian: “Օաք Րիջի Ազգային Լաբորատորիա”
  • Armenian: “Օք Ռիջի ազգային լաբորատորիա”
  • Armenian: “Օք Րիջի Ազգային Լաբորատորիա”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальная лябараторыя Ок-Рыджу”
  • Belarusian: “Ок-Рыдзкая нацыянальная лябараторыя”
  • Bengali: “ওক রিজ ন্যাশনাল ল্যাবরেটরী”
  • Bosnian: “Nacionalna laboratorija Oak Ridge”
  • Bulgarian: “Национална лаборатория Оук Ридж”
  • Catalan: “Laboratori Nacional d’Oak Ridge”
  • Chinese: “柯林頓實驗室”
  • Chinese: “橡树岭国家实验室”
  • Chinese: “橡樹嶺國家實驗室”
  • Czech: “Národní laboratoře Oak Ridge”
  • Czech: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Czech: “ORNL”
  • Danish: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Danish: “ORNL”
  • Dutch: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • French: “Laboratoire national d’Oak Ridge”
  • French: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • French: “ORNL”
  • German: “Clinton Laboratories”
  • German: “Oak Ridge National Laboratorium”
  • German: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • German: “Oak-Ridge-National-Laboratorium”
  • Greek: “Εθνικό Εργαστήριο Όουκ Ριντζ”
  • Hebrew: “המעבדה הלאומית באוק רידג‘”
  • Indonesian: “Laboratorium Nasional Oak Ridge”
  • Irish: “Saotharlann Náisiúnta Oak Ridge”
  • Italian: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Japanese: “ORNL”
  • Japanese: “オークリッジ国立研究所”
  • Korean: “오크리지 국립연구소”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Norwegian: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاه ملی اوک ریج”
  • Persian: “آزمایشگاهٔ ملی اوک ریج”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاه ملی اوک ریج”
  • Persian: “ازمایشگاهٔ ملی اوک ریج”
  • Polish: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Portuguese: “Laboratório Nacional de Oak Ridge”
  • Russian: “Ок-Риджская национальная лаборатория”
  • Russian: “Оук-Риджская национальная лаборатория”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Nacional de Oak Ridge”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorio Nacional Oak Ridge”
  • Spanish: “Laboratorios Clinton”
  • Spanish: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Swedish: “Oak Ridge National Laboratory”
  • Tagalog: “Oak Ridge Pambansang Laboratoryo”
  • Tatar: “Национальная лаборатория Ок-Ридж”
  • Turkish: “Oak Ridge Ulusal Laboratuvarı”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна лабораторія Ок-Ридж”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна лабораторія Оук-Ридж”

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