Ground broken at ORNL for Advanced Testbed and Operations Learning Laboratory

June 10, 2026, 7:07AMNuclear News
From left, Moe Khaleel, ORNL associate laboratory director; NNSA Administrator Brandon Williams; U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann; ORNL Director Stephen Streiffer; and William Wheeler, ORNL site office manager at the ATOLL ground-breaking ceremony.

On June 3, Brandon Williams, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, was at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to break ground on the Advanced Testbed and Operations Learning Laboratory (ATOLL).

The planned 21,000-square-foot facility, which is scheduled to be completed in mid-2028, will play an important role in the development of workforce expertise and capabilities aimed at monitoring foreign weapons-grade uranium production activities.