Talk:Oak Ridge National Laboratory

S-50 merged here
See Articles for deletion/S-50. Johnleemk | Talk 10:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)


 * S-50 was merged here, but that merger was a mistake. The S-50 facility had nothing to do with ORNL, other than also being located in Oak Ridge. Since the S-50 facility was located adjacent to K-25, some time back someone merged the S-50 information into the K-25 article. S-50 still redirects to ORNL, which is unfortunate since there is no information about it in this article. I changed several S-50 links to point instead to K-25; the only S-50 references that still point to " S-50 (Manhattan Project) " are on AfD or Talk pages. --orlady 17:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The S-50 redirect was pointing here. I just changed it to K-25. --A. B. (talk) 17:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Human Radiation Experiments
I believe that the following paragraph would fit better in the ORISE and/or ORAU category, since the investigation focused on the hospital operated by ORINS. In 1981, a committee chaired by Tenessee Congressman Al Gore investigated total radiation studies at Oak Ridge. (See Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments) --orlady 15:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, information about the investigations probably belongs in the articles about ORNL and the other institutions. My point is that ORNL is only one of several MED/AEC/DOE facilities in Oak Ridge. "At Oak Ridge" does not mean the same thing as "at ORNL." --orlady 16:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Leet haxor breaks atom!
The ORNL was compromised by sophisticated cyberattack - all personal data belonging to visitors for the past 20 years stolen. Everybody is very afraid there, all people told to shut up, so what else may have been nicked there?

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/120707-cyberattack.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.210.162 (talk) 15:56, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I work at ORNL. I was never told to "shut up" about the theft of our visitor database. It was unfortunate, but to my knowledge ORNL employees were never told to not speak of the incident. SeanAhern (talk) 19:55, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Homer Simpson orders a Control Console
Oak Ridge nuclear facility is mentioned in "The Simpsons" episode "Bart on the Road" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.67.24.102 (talk) 23:32, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Supercomputer resource, Nvidia with AMD
U.S. Plans Supercomputer Push by BY Shara Tibken in the WSJ October 12, 2011. 99.190.85.215 (talk) 06:02, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Peacock wording
Where in the article is the questionable material? Bms4880 (talk) 14:10, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

What makes you reference questionable material in the article? I don't see any notices or warnings on the article or the talk page. SeanAhern (talk) 16:28, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

Bms4880 was questioning a peacock template that had been added to the top of the article. It was removed by another user before SeanAhern looked at the page. Case closed. --Orlady (talk) 17:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

I should have dived into the page history before commenting. Sorry for the noise and thanks for the clarification. SeanAhern (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:12, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

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Development of the Pressurized Water Reactor
The article said: Though experiment X-10 was the first light water reactor, it remains the most common type of nuclear reactor as of 2012.(ref)cite web | title= The Graphite Reactor | url= http://www.ornl.gov/info/news/cco/graphite.shtml | publisher= Oak Ridge National Laboratory | accessdate= November 11, 2012 (/ref) I'm taking that out, because obviously X-10 was graphite moderated and gas cooled. Also the link to the source given didn't work for me. Also calling a dinosaur of ancient reactor design "the most common type of nuclear reactor as of 2012" without any particulars in regard to which of its design features are still used today is blatant bullshit. --BjKa (talk) 22:23, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * After further pondering I guess the only thing wrong with the original statement was the name of the experiment. I'm adding a sentence restoring the original intent, describing the development of what may have been the first PWR. A pity really. This information is exactly what I came to find here today. Through many Wikipedia articles I've been able to trace the genealogy of all current commercial PWR systems except the VVER back to the S1W reactor. This nameless ORNL experiment would be the last step, the final direct Ancestor, and maybe already pressurized. --BjKa (talk) 22:47, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

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2020 has passed
Article currently reads the program aims to create affordable, carbon-neutral homes by 2020. Andrewa (talk) 19:50, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

X-10 Graphite Reactor
The X-10 Graphite Reactor was fuelled with natural Uranium, not enriched. The (unsourced) statement that it was used to show that plutonium can be created from enriched uranium is pure rubbish. Andrewa (talk) 20:03, 29 April 2022 (UTC)


 * That's a bit hyperbolic. The only inaccurate word in the statement is "enriched", and the very next source makes clear that the reactor was used to make plutonium from uranium. I've removed the offending word and the tag. PianoDan (talk) 22:03, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Relative Facility Size
The introduction states that Oak Ridge "is the largest science and energy national laboratory in the Department of Energy system (by size)[3] and third largest by annual budget.[4]" However, the linked sources don't support the claims, with the relative budget varying 4th-7th depending on year and which facilities count as "science and energy national laborator[ies]" Sephirothrr (talk) 19:24, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion prototype
I removed the following newly added text from the article:
 * In 1982, development of the Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion prototype begins. This early model consisted of standard Quantum generators in a circular formation. After just 7 months of work, the first successful test began. A small metal ball was placed and propped in the center of the model and by the end of the test had successfully been transported into the unknown. Shortly after, the project was handed over to the A-Sync Research Institute where the early model remained until it's closure. It's current whereabouts are unkown.

That text is not supported by any source citations and I have found no indication that this specific topic was an ORNL research activity, nor that Low Proximity Magnetic Distortion prototype is a known technical term. It may have been something that ORNL worked on, as it is akin to some topics that ORNL researchers have worked on, but it most certainly wasn't one of ORNL's main research and development activities of the 1980s (as the placement of the text in the article implied). I would say this is original research, but Internet hits on the topic take me to https://kanepixelsbackrooms.fandom.com/ which leads me to think that it is an invention of gamers, which still doesn't make it an R&D topic. Wikpedia does not publish original research or fan fiction. Orlady (talk) 02:54, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Director
As of October 2023, Stephen Streiffer is ORNL's Director.

https://news.stanford.edu/report/2023/07/27/stephen-streiffer-depart-slac-stanford-oak-ridge-national-laboratory/ 2601:843:C300:AE90:2843:6893:A634:DF5B (talk) 03:53, 24 October 2023 (UTC)