Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is one of the United States government's oldest and largest science and engineering research national laboratories and is the largest in the Midwest. Since the founding of the lab in 1941 the University of Chicago has overseen its operations for the United States Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies. It is located on 1,700 acres (6.9 kmē) in DuPage County, 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Chicago, Illinois on Interstate Highway 55. When it was first established it was known as the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory (Met Lab). Early on the lab was part of the Manhattan Project which built America's first Atomic Bomb.
External links
- Argonne National Laboratory official website
- Advanced Photon Source website
- United States Department of Energy
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