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Seated from left are new ORNL director Dr. Bill Madia, and Dr. Milt Johnson and Leah Dever of the Department of Energy. |
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday that UT-Battelle will assume responsibility for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on April 1, 2000. The five-year contract is worth $2.5 billion. ORNL has 4,500 staff and scientists. UT-Battelle, LLC is a partnership between The University of Tennessee and Battelle Memorial Institute.