Since its founding during the Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has advanced the science and technology that protect the United States. To address modern and emerging threats to U.S. national security, ORNL translates scientific discoveries into technology solutions.
We bring together world-leading capabilities from across ORNL –nuclear, computing, AI, manufacturing, and more to move rapidly from scientific discovery to deployable solutions.
National security cuts across all of ORNL’s strategic priorities:
The Future of Computing includes secure HPC systems, dependable AI tools, and quantum solutions for national security priorities like alternative positioning, navigation, and timing.Â
Next-generation Nuclear Solutions must consider safeguards, security, and other nonproliferation principles to ensure U.S. nuclear leadership.Â
From emerging technologies and cyber-physical attacks to nuclear proliferation and supply chain vulnerabilities, the threats to America’s national security continue to evolve at a rapid pace.
We face these challenges head on, capitalizing on ORNL’s unique scientific assets to deliver real-world solutions that protect the people, infrastructure, and economy of the United States.Â
National security today demands integrated, science driven solutions.
What We Do
Reduce Nuclear Risk
Advancing uranium science, safeguards, and secure-by-design reactor technologies to reduce global nuclear threats
Combining national-scale infrastructure data with device-level technical expertise to strengthen the resilience and reliability of systems we depend on every day.
National security today is inseparable from economic security, energy resilience, technological leadership, and global stability. For more than 80 years, ORNL has answered the nation’s call in moments of profound challenge. Today’s threats are complex and evolving—but our commitment remains constant.
