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Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research national laboratory operated by UChicago (The University of Chicago) Argonne LLC for the United States Department of Energy located near Lemont, Illinois, outside Chicago. It is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest. Argonne was initially formed to carry out Enrico Fermi's work on nuclear reactors as part of the Manhattan Project, and it was designated as the first national laboratory in the United States on July 1, 1946.〔Holl, Hewlett, and Harris, page xx (Introduction).〕 Today it maintains a broad portfolio in basic science research, energy storage and renewable energy, environmental sustainability, supercomputing, and national security. UChicago Argonne, LLC, the operator of the laboratory, "brings together the expertise of the University of Chicago (the sole member of the LLC) with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc." Argonne is a part of the expanding Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. Argonne formerly ran a smaller facility called Argonne National Laboratory-West (or simply Argonne-West) in Idaho next to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. In 2005, the two Idaho-based laboratories merged to become the Idaho National Laboratory.〔(Post Register: Idaho Falls, ID:. INL History )〕 ==Overview== Argonne has five main areas of focus.〔(Welcome to Argonne )〕〔(About Argonne )〕 These goals, as stated by the DOE in 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=U.S. Department of Energy )〕 consist of: * Conducting basic scientific research; * Operating national scientific facilities; * Enhancing the nation's energy resources; * Developing better ways to manage environmental problems; * Protecting national security. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Argonne National Laboratory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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