The Department of Energy’s 17 National Laboratories form a nationwide network that is working to solve some of the world’s greatest scientific challenges. At the National Labs, researchers are developing new energy technologies, advancing the frontiers of scientific discovery, protecting national security, incubating new industries, and fostering the next generation of scientists and engineers – strengthening America’s global leadership in science and innovation.
Ames Laboratory
- Founded: 1947
- Employees: 450
- Research: Materials science and engineering; chemical and biological sciences; applied math and computational science; environmental and protection sciences; and simulation, modeling and decision science.
- Location: Ames, Iowa
Argonne National Laboratory
- Founded: 1946
- Employees: 3,350
- Research: Physics, chemistry, biological sciences, energy storage, high-performance computing, national security, engines and alternative fuels, environmental science and nuclear energy
- Location: Lemont, Illinois
Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Founded: 1947
- Employees: 3,000
- Research: Nuclear and particle physics; photon sciences and nano materials; and cross disciplinary research on climate change, sustainable energy and Earth’s ecosystems
- Location: Upton, New York
Fermi National Accelerator Lab
- Founded: 1967
- Employees: 1,700
- Research: Particle physics and accelerator science and technology
- Location: Batavia, Illinois
Idaho National Laboratory
- Founded: 1949
- Employees: 3,500
- Research: Nuclear science and engineering; national security research and testing; energy and environmental sustainability
- Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Founded: 1931
- Employees: 4,000
- Research: Physics; chemistry; nuclear science; accelerator research; photon science and engineering sciences; computational research and mathematics; Earth sciences; energy efficiency; materials sciences; and life sciences, genomics, and physical biosciences
- Location: Berkeley, California
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Founded: 1952
- Employees: 6,500
- Research: Nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, nuclear nonproliferation, high-performance computing, national security, biology, energy research, climate science, additive manufacturing, lasers and high-energy-density physics
- Location: Livermore, California
Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Founded: 1943
- Employees: 10,000
- Research: Accelerators and electrodynamics; bioscience, biosecurity and health; chemical science; Earth and space sciences; energy; engineering; high-energy-density plasmas and fluids; information science, computing and applied math; materials science; national security and weapons science; nuclear and particle physics; astrophysics and cosmology; and sensors and information systems
- Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Founded: 1910
- Employees: 1,400
- Research: High-efficiency boilers, turbines, fuel cells and other power systems; emissions controls for coal-fired power plants; carbon capture and storage; efficiency and environmental quality of domestic oil and natural gas exploration, production and processing; and materials for extreme environments
- Locations: Pittsburgh, PA; Albany, OR; Morgantown, WV; Houston, TX; Anchorage, AK
National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Founded: 1910
- Employees: 1,400
- Research: High-efficiency boilers, turbines, fuel cells and other power systems; emissions controls for coal-fired power plants; carbon capture and storage; efficiency and environmental quality of domestic oil and natural gas exploration, production and processing; and materials for extreme environments
- Locations: Houston, TX; Albany, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; Morgantown, WV; Anchorage, AK
National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Founded: 1910
- Employees: 1,400
- Research: High-efficiency boilers, turbines, fuel cells and other power systems; emissions controls for coal-fired power plants; carbon capture and storage; efficiency and environmental quality of domestic oil and natural gas exploration, production and processing; and materials for extreme environments
- Locations: Albany, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; Morgantown, WV; Houston, TX; Anchorage, AK
National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Founded: 1910
- Employees: 1,400
- Research: High-efficiency boilers, turbines, fuel cells and other power systems; emissions controls for coal-fired power plants; carbon capture and storage; efficiency and environmental quality of domestic oil and natural gas exploration, production and processing; and materials for extreme environments
- Locations: Anchorage, AK; Albany, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; Morgantown, WV; Houston, TX
National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Founded: 1910
- Employees: 1,400
- Research: High-efficiency boilers, turbines, fuel cells and other power systems; emissions controls for coal-fired power plants; carbon capture and storage; efficiency and environmental quality of domestic oil and natural gas exploration, production and processing; and materials for extreme environments
- Locations: Morgantown, WV; Albany, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; Houston, TX; Anchorage, AK
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Founded: 1977
- Employees: 2,500
- Research: Renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development, including energy systems integration, solar, wind, renewable fuels and vehicle systems, buildings, geothermal, energy sciences, computational sciences and energy analysis
- Location: Golden, Colorado
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Founded: 1943
- Employees: 4,400
- Research: Energy-related science and technology, from basic research to the development and demonstration of breakthrough materials, processes and systems
- Location: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Founded: 1965
- Employees: 4,500
- Research: Chemical and molecular sciences, biological systems science; climate change science; subsurface science; chemical engineering; applied materials science and engineering; and applied nuclear science and technology
- Location: Richland, Washington
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Founded: 1951
- Employees: 450
- Research: Nuclear fusion and plasma physics
- Location: Plainsboro, New Jersey
Sandia National Laboratories
- Founded: 1945
- Employees: 10,600
- Research: Nuclear weapons; defense; energy; materials science and homeland security; nonproliferation; supercomputing and cybersecurity; robotics; climate and infrastructure security; nuclear reactor safety; nanodevices and microsystems; geosciences; bioscience; radiation effects; and nuclear fusion.
- Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico & Livermore, California
Savannah River National Laboratory
- Founded: 1951
- Employees: 1,400
- Research: Provides applied science and engineering innovation for the 16 active cleanup sites of the DOE Office of Environmental Management and the 100 post-closure management sites of the DOE Office of Legacy Management. Plays a vital role in America’s national security supporting the National Nuclear Security Administration’s mission to maintain a safe, secure, and reliable nuclear deterrent and reduce nuclear threats.
- Location: Aiken, South Carolina
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Founded: 1962
- Employees: 1,500
- Research: Accelerator research; astrophysics and cosmology; biology; elementary particle physics; environmental science; materials, chemistry and energy sciences; scientific computing; and X-ray science
- Location: Menlo Park, California
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
- Founded: 1987
- Employees: 800
- Research: Experimental nuclear physics, computational and theoretical nuclear physics, accelerator science, cryogenics, superconducting radio frequency technologies, radiation detectors, medical imaging devices and free-electron lasers
- Location: Newport News, Virginia