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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1094 

Recognizing the 60th Anniversary of Argonne National Laboratory. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 6, 2006 

Mrs. BIGGERT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Science 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 60th Anniversary of Argonne National 

Laboratory. 

Whereas Argonne National Laboratory was chartered in 

1946, making it the Nation’s first national laboratory; 

Whereas Argonne is a direct descendant of the University of 

Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory, where, on December 

2, 1942, a team led by Enrico Fermi, winner of the 1938 

Nobel Prize in physics for his work in nuclear reactions, 

created the world’s first controlled nuclear chain reaction; 

Whereas throughout its 60-year history, Argonne has demonstrated and maintained world-class leadership in such 

fields as materials research, computer science, nuclear 

physics, nuclear energy technology, and transportation 

research and development; 


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Whereas this distinguished legacy of accomplishment includes 

three Nobel Prizes and more than 750 national and 

international awards and honors received by Argonne scientists and engineers; 

Whereas today Argonne employs 2,900 staff, including 1,000 

scientists and engineers working on more than 200 

projects in basic and applied research aimed at improving 

the Nation’s energy, economic, environmental, and national security; 

Whereas Argonne is a national leader in the design, construction, and operation of large, one-of-a-kind scientific research facilities, consistently delivering these facilities on 

schedule and within budget; 

Whereas Argonne’s national scientific user facilities provide 

the highest level of scientific, engineering, and technical 

support to thousands of scientists each year whose published works continue to consistently enrich their respective research fields; 

Whereas the Advanced Photon Source provides the most brilliant X-ray beams in the Western Hemisphere for research and is used every year by about 3,000 scientists 

to conduct research on topics ranging from combustion 

engines to nanotechnology, making it the Department of 

Energy’s most-used scientific facility; 

Whereas the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System, 

known as ‘‘ATLAS’’, provides beams of any element up 

to and including uranium for studies of the forces within 

atomic nuclei, and as such is world renowned in the physics community and annually receives three times more research proposals than it can accommodate; 


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Whereas the transfer of technology developed from publicly 

funded research at Argonne to private industry has 

helped to strengthen the Nation’s economy and technology base; and 

Whereas Argonne provides a wide range of educational opportunities for faculty and students coming from institutions 

ranging from leading national universities to local junior 

high schools and thereby attracts more people to its educational programs than any other Department of Energy 

national laboratory: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the outstanding and unique role 

3 that the Argonne National Laboratory has played 

4 over the past 60 years in the scientific and techno5 logical advancement of our Nation and of the world; 

6 (2) praises the Argonne National Laboratory on 

7 the great flexibility and foresight it has had in mov8 ing from being one of the Nation’s original promi9 nent physics laboratories to a highly diversified sci10 entific laboratory of world prominence in a variety of 

11 fields; 

12 (3) congratulates the dedicated employees at 

13 Argonne National Laboratory past and present who 

14 have worked to make the institution one of the 

15 greatest research resources in the world; and 

16 (4) encourages Argonne National Laboratory to 

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1 tiers as we work to address unprecedented chal2 lenges whose solutions are grounded in science and 

3 technology. 

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