Brookhaven Labs: A Celebration

by richardmitnick

On March 21, 1947, the U. S. War Department transferred the site of Camp Upton on Long Island to the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), which was the federal agency that oversaw the founding of Brookhaven National Laboratory and was a... Brookhaven has been home to three research reactors, numerous one-of-a-kind particle accelerators, and other amazing research machines. Today, Brookhaven Lab is one of ten national laboratories under DOE’s Office of Science , which provides the majority of the Laboratory’s research dollars and direction. ABOUT BROOKHAVEN • To disseminate technical knowledge, to educate new generations of scientists and engineers, to maintain technical capabilities in the nation’s workforce, and to encourage scientific awareness in the general public. Founded in 1977 as the 12th cabinet-level department, DOE oversees much of the science research in this country through its Office of Science. Brookhaven Lab was conceived to promote basic research in the physical, chemical, biological and engineering aspects of the atomic sciences. In 1946, representatives from nine major eastern universities — Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, and Yale — formed a nonprofit... Biology Department. The Founding of Brookhaven, a Laboratory for Peacetime Research. Brookhaven National Laboratory has a history of outstanding scientific achievement that spans more than five decades. The AEC provided the initial funding for Brookhaven’s research into the peaceful uses of the atom, with the goal of improving public well-being. Thus, Brookhaven National Laboratory was born. The Laboratory’s research staff has pioneered the fields of nuclear technology, high energy physics, medicine and more. An equally important concept was the establishment of a national laboratory in the Northeast to design, construct and operate large scientific machines that individual institutions could not afford to develop on their own. This web-based history of Brookhaven is designed to be browsed in any order you choose. All of the text and most of the graphics presented in this post are taken directly from the Brookhaven web pages. I urge any reader to visit the web site and just go exploring to learn more about Brookhaven. Tour Brookhaven’s History....

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