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Upon Arrival

Upon Arrival

Pick Up Badge – The Chestnut Ridge Visitors Center is conveniently located in building 8600 for intermittent Facility User and Visitor badge pick up.  Foreign nationals are required to provide their passport and visa, including I-20 document or Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) “green” card, if applicable. The Visitor Center Hours: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 

Effective April 1, 2023:  A policy change made by the Department of Energy may affect your method of arrival, departure, and food deliveries. The change to DOE Order 142.3B (Unclassified Foreign National Access Program) means that delivery drivers (of taxis, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and the like) must be US citizens or non-US citizens with a valid ORNL badge to enter the campus. Those not meeting this criterion will not be allowed through the security checkpoint.

When calling for a taxi/other driver delivery service or ordering a food delivery, we kindly ask you to verify that the driver will be a U.S. citizen or has a valid ORNL badge to prevent delays or entry failures. We have notified area taxi services of this policy change, but have no way to communicate with services like Uber, Lyft, etc.

Hours of Operation

The CNMS is committed to providing its users with routine access to its facilities and instrumentation, as well as technical assistance when needed, during the Operating Hours listed below except on ORNL-wide holidays. Users are expected to schedule their work in advance in consultation with collaborating CNMS staff, and to recognize that individual staff members may have other obligations at specific times, but the intent is that someone will be “on-call” to assist users during these hours. Similarly, facilities and instrumentation may be reserved at specific times during these hours for maintenance or upgrades and for the conduct of CNMS-sponsored research but every effort will be made to give priority in scheduling to CNMS users during these operating hours.

Longer hours may be possible for certain facilities on an occasional basis, but only if special arrangements are made in advance. Such requests may be granted on a case-by-case basis subject to user proficiency and availability of equipment and staff.

CNMS Facility Operating Hours:

Macromolecular Nanomaterials: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri
Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri
Scanning Probe Microscopy: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri
Nanomaterials Theory Institute: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri*
Nanofabrication (cleanroom) & Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials: 7:00am - 5:00pm, Mon-Fri
Electron & Atom Probe Microscopy: 7:00am - 7:00pm, Mon-Fri
X-ray Diffraction: 8:00am - 6:00pm, Mon-Fri

* Refers to availability of theory research staff at the CNMS. The computing facilities are available 24 hours, 7 days a week and are supported by the NCCS User Assistance Center 9:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri and the ORNL Computer Operations staff at other times.

 

ORNL-wide Holidays

ORNL observes 10 holidays each year as listed below. In general, CNMS staff will not be available to assist users on these holidays unless special arrangements are made in advance.

2024
New Year’s Day Monday, January 1
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Monday, January 15
Good Friday Friday, March 29
Memorial Day Monday, May 27
Independence Day Thursday, July 4
Labor Day Monday, September 2
Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 28
Companion to Thanksgiving Friday, November 29
Companion to Christmas Day Tuesday, December 24
Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25