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Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory
Aerial view of Argonne National Laboratory
EstablishedFebruary 8, 1946 (1946-02-08)
Research typeResearch
Budget$1.1 billion (2022)[1]
Field of research
Physical science
Life science
Environmental science
Energy science
Photon science
Data science
Computational science
DirectorPaul Kearns
Staff3400
Address9700 S. Cass Avenue
LocationLemont, Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Campus1,700 acres (6.9 km2)
AffiliationsUnited States Department of Energy
University of Chicago
Jacobs Engineering
Operating agency
UChicago Argonne LLC
Enrico Fermi
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov
Websitewww.anl.gov

Argonne National Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Lemont, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1946, the laboratory is owned by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UChicago Argonne LLC of the University of Chicago.[2][3] The facility is the largest national laboratory in the Midwest.

Argonne had its beginnings in the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago, formed in part to carry out Enrico Fermi's work on nuclear reactors for the Manhattan Project during World War II. After the war, it was designated as the first national laboratory in the United States on July 1, 1946.[4] In its first decades, the laboratory was a hub for peaceful use of nuclear physics; nearly all operating commercial nuclear power plants around the world have roots in Argonne research.[5] More than 1,000 scientists conduct research at the laboratory, in the fields of energy storage and renewable energy; fundamental research in physics, chemistry, and materials science; environmental sustainability; supercomputing; and national security.

Argonne formerly ran a smaller facility called Argonne National Laboratory-West (or simply Argonne-West) in Idaho next to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. In 2005, the two Idaho-based laboratories merged to become the Idaho National Laboratory.[6]

Argonne is a part of the expanding Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. Fermilab, which is another USDoE National Laboratory, is located approximately 20 miles away.

  1. ^ "Argonne: By the Numbers". Argonne National Laboratory. 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Master Government List of Federally Funded R&D Centers | NCSES | NSF". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ "About | UChicago Argonne LLC". www.uchicagoargonnellc.org. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  4. ^ Holl, Hewlett, and Harris, page xx (Introduction).
  5. ^ "Reactors Designed by Argonne National Laboratory". Argonne National Laboratory Nuclear Engineering Division. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  6. ^ Menser, Paul. "Cleaning house and charting a future at INL". Post Register. Idaho Falls, ID. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13.

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