DOE Core Capabilities
ORNL, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science National Laboratory, has world-leading or world-class capabilities in 24 of the 25 DOE-defined core capabilities. In general, DOE’s core capabilities comprise the science and technological foundation of its national laboratories. The 24 core capabilities stewarded by ORNL represent an extraordinary breadth and depth of expertise and facilities, enabling the Lab to deliver on current scientific and technological goals as well as to advance new frontiers.
ORNL has grouped the DOE-designated 24 core capabilities into six categories, as shown below.
Nuclear Science and Technology
Nuclear Science and Technology
- Nuclear and radiochemistry
- Isotope science and engineering
- Nuclear engineering
- Plasma and fusion energy science
Materials, Chemistry and Physics
Materials, Chemistry and Physics
- Chemical and molecular sciences
- Chemical engineering
- Condensed matter physics & materials science
- Applied materials science and engineering
- Nuclear physics
Computational, Mathematical and Information Sciences
Computational, Mathematical and Information Sciences
- Advanced computer, science, visualization and data
- Computational sciences
- Decision science and analysis
- Applied mathematics
- Microelectronics
- Cyber and information sciences
Energy Systems and Engineering
Energy Systems and Engineering
- Power systems and electrical engineering
- Systems engineering and integration
- Mechanical design and engineering
- Earth and Energy systems and infrastructure analysis and engineering
Biological and Earth Sciences
Biological and Earth Sciences
- Biological and bioprocess engineering
- Biological systems science
- Earth, environmental and atmospheric sciences
Facilities
Facilities
- Accelerator and detector science and technology
- Large scale user facilities and advanced instrumentation