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Exascale is the next level of computing performance. By solving calculations five times faster than today’s top supercomputers—exceeding a quintillion, or 10¹⁸, calculations per second—Frontier will enable scientists to develop new technologies for energy, medicine, and materials.

Completed in 1965 and operating at 85 megawatts, HFIR’s steady-state neutron beam is the strongest reactor-based neutron source in the United States. The thermal and cold neutrons produced by HFIR are used to study physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and biology.

Researchers use ORNL’s High Flux Isotope Reactor, the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center, and other hot cell facilities to produce isotopes for industry, national security, medicine, and scientific discovery.

MDF is a world leader in advanced manufacturing research and development and is driving the adoption of new materials, software, and systems for energy applications. 

ORNL has a mission to produce isotopes and develop nuclear fuels and other new materials—work enabled by the laboratory’s unique complex of nuclear facilities. 

ORNL's interdisciplinary research teams are transforming how we observe, analyze, and visualize landscape and human dynamics across the world through data and computing at unprecedented scale.

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is the world’s most powerful accelerator-based neutron source, providing intense neutron beams for scientific research and industrial development.

Through the lab’s broad quantum expertise and the establishment of DOE’s Quantum Science Center, ORNL is enabling the quantum future and building the diverse quantum workforce of tomorrow.