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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the US Department of Energy's largest multi-disciplinary research institution, delivers scientific discoveries and technical innovations. A world-leading neutron and nuclear power research facility, ORNL houses the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor. Its research portfolio includes clean energy, climate change mitigation, advanced materials, high-performance computing, neutron science, nuclear science and engineering, and isotope production.

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Spallation Neutron Source

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is an accelerator-based neutron source facility that provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams in the world for scientific research and industrial development. It is used for neutron scattering studies of materials, including superconductors, polymers, metals, and biological samples.

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Sustainable transportationSmart power systemsEnergy efficiencyNuclear materialsCommunity resilienceAdvanced materialsNuclear science and technologyHigh-performance computingNeutron scienceEnvironmental scienceSystems biologyArtificial intelligenceQuantum information scienceIsotope productionFusion energy

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