# Presentation: 893295

##  Sam Aronson
Laboratory Director

- Laboratory Director

- Overview of Brookhaven National Laboratory ***ES&H Scoping Visit******May 8, 2007***

**Notes:**
Good Morning. Thank you for making the effort to come to the Lab today. It’s a pleasure to see all of you.

Today, we thought that we would start with a brief overview about the major issues at the Lab and the role CEGPA has played in helping to resolve them and then break the agenda into several discussion areas where we believe we can most benefit from your collective wisdom.

## Background on BNL

- BNL celebrating its 60th anniversary
- Six Nobel Prizes
- Staff of 2,650
- More than 4,500 guest researchers/year
- Annual budget $490 million
- $420 million DOE
- $70 million other
- 5,300-acre site

## Brookhaven’s Major Programs

- Nuclear and particle physics
- Structure and chemistry of materials
- Basic and applied energy research
- Nonproliferation and homeland security
- Neurosciences and medical imaging
- Structural biology
- Computational sciences
- Environmental restoration

## Brookhaven’s Facilities 

## Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider  (RHIC)

- A world-class physics research facility
- 1000 scientists from the U.S. and 22 other nations
- Explores the properties of matter at the beginning of the universe and the structure of fundamental particles
- Facility includes:
- Tandem, AGS, RHIC tunnel and ring, and three operational detectors

## National Synchrotron Light Source

- Provides intense beams of light in the x-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared wavelengths
- Used for basic and applied research in physics, chemistry, medicine, and environmental and materials sciences
- 2400 researchers annually from more than 400 universities, laboratories and companies

## NASA Space Radiation Laboratory

- NASA/BNL facility that explores risks to humans exposed to space radiation during space travel
- Uses accelerator beams to simulate cosmic rays in space
- Goal is to develop methods and materials that reduce the risk to human beings on prolonged space missions

## Center for Functional Nanomaterials

- Inter-disciplinary exploration of materials that use energy more efficiently, and practical alternatives to fossil fuels
- Ribbon cutting 5/07; operational 4/08
- Nano-safety at the Lab
- Complies with DOE Policy by continuing to proactively and develop and apply best guideline procedures
- Nanoscience Research Centers ES&H Working Group adopted BNL “Working with Nanomaterials” SBMS procedures
- CFN ES&H rep selected to lead this group
- Lab Institutional Nanoscience Safety Advisory Committee (INSAC) formed upon recommendation of Lab’s Policy Council to evaluate and address nano-related issues

## Center for Translational Neuroimaging

- Complementary brain imaging tools to improve the  understanding of human brain
- PET and MRI scanners
- MicroPET and microMRI scanners
- Optical imaging laboratory
- Microdialysis laboratory
- Clinical Research Center
- Areas of study: drug addiction, obesity and compulsive overeating, ADHD, depression, aggression

## Brookhaven Science Associates

- BNL is operated and managed by Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) for DOE’s Office of Science
- Corporate partners are the _Research Foundation of the State University of New York_ and _Battelle Memorial Institute_
- Core universities are Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Princeton & Yale
- BSA is governed by a Board of Directors, which is responsible for:
- Conducting oversight of Laboratory performance, using committees such as
- Science and Technology Steering Committee
- Four Risk Committees (Audit, Finance, Institutional Strategy, and Personnel & Compensation)
- Developing performance and risk reporting strategy and measures
- Board meets tri-annually
- Laboratory Director serves as the President of BSA

## Organization Chart

- BNL Organization Chart

## Policy Council

- Provides Institutional Level support.  Roles include:
- Establish the Laboratory’s organizational structure / strategic direction
- Establish institutional ethics, values, mission, and vision
- Establish Laboratory policies and practices
- Define institutional risks and establish risk limits
- Prioritize and approve the Annual Laboratory Plan
- Prioritize and allocate the Laboratory’s discretionary resources
- Define the management measurement and control structure
- Monitor the performance of the Laboratory
- Conduct institutional self assessment and assurance
- Develop, review, and approve institutional corrective actions
- Meets monthly and as needed

## Science Council

- Advises the Director on strategic science directions and activities
- Makes recommendations for improved Laboratory operations
- Provides a forum for two-way communication between the scientific directorates and department/division chairs on issues that broadly affect the Laboratory
- Convened by the Deputy Director for Science and Technology
- Meets monthly

## Operations Council

- Identifies and addresses policy, financial, administrative, safety, environmental, security, and infrastructure issues that affect the support organizations and their ability to fully support the scientific missions and programs of the Laboratory
- Coordinates activities among operational areas
- Convened by the Deputy Director for Operations
- Meets monthly

## Management Council

- Provides a forum for senior leadership to share information with the management team and to solicit feedback on various issues and initiatives
- Includes Policy Council members and all other managers on the BNL Org Chart
- Brings science and operations managers together
- Convened by the Director
- Meets monthly