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Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States national laboratory located in Upton, New York, on Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S. Army base. Its name stems from its location in the greater area of the Town of Brookhaven. ==Operation== Brookhaven, which originally was owned by the Atomic Energy Commission, is now owned by the Commission's successor, the United States Department of Energy, which subcontracts the actual research and operation to universities and research organizations. It is currently operated by Brookhaven Science Associates LLC, which is an equal partnership of Stony Brook University and Battelle Memorial Institute. It was operated by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), from 1947 until 1998. Associated lost the contract to manage the BNL in 1998 in the wake of a 1994 fire at the facility's high-beam flux reactor that exposed several workers to radiation and reports in 1997 of a leak of tritium into the groundwater of the Long Island Central Pine Barrens, on which the facility sits.〔(Atomic Laboratory on Long Island to Be Mighty Research Center – New York Times – March 1, 1947 )〕〔()〕 Co-located with the laboratory is the Upton, New York forecast office of the National Weather Service. BNL is staffed by approximately 3,000 scientists, engineers, technicians, and support personnel, and hosts 4,000 guest investigators every year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About BNL )〕 Discoveries made at the lab have won seven Nobel Prizes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nobel Prizes at BNL )〕 The laboratory has its own police station, fire department, and ZIP code (11973). In total, the lab spans a area. BNL is served by a rail spur operated as-needed by the New York and Atlantic Railway. 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「Brookhaven National Laboratory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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