Eventually nine universities (Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Rochester and Yale) came together, and on 31 January 1947 a contract was signed with the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), which had replaced the Manhattan Project, that established the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Kemudian sembilan universitas (Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Rochester dan Yale) bergabung, dan pada 31 Januari 1947, sebuah kontrak ditandatangani dengan Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), yang menggantikan Proyek Manhattan, untuk mendirikan Brookhaven National Laboratory.