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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a research lab headquartered in Richland, Washington3. This catalog lists 1 software project from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, under licenses including the BSD-style license (Battelle Memorial Institute).

Documented roles: Research lab

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory in Richland, Washington, managed and operated by Battelle for DOE. It traces its start to January 4, 1965, when the Atomic Energy Commission awarded Battelle the contract to operate the Hanford Laboratories. PNNL applies AI across discovery science, applied energy, and national security, and it maintains the open-source NeuroMANCER library.1 2 4 5Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

Last reviewedOct 1, 2026Entry updated Oct 1, 2026

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Key facts

Website: pnnl.gov (external site: pnnl.gov)
Ownership (separate from openness): Public institution
PNNL states that it is managed and operated by Battelle for the Department of Energy. The NeuroMANCER repository describes PNNL as a multi-program national laboratory operated for DOE by Battelle Memorial Institute under a DOE contract.1 5Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Legal form: DOE national laboratory managed and operated by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. PNNL's history page describes Battelle as a not-for-profit research institute.1 2 5
Headquarters: Richland, Washington3
Founded: 19652
Sectors: Research, Science

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This catalog assesses openness per artifact, not for the laboratory as a whole. NeuroMANCER's source code is public on GitHub under a BSD-style license from Battelle Memorial Institute.6 5Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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NeuroMANCERSoftwareAvailability: Public

Notable documented facts

The Hanford Laboratories were transferred to Battelle on January 4, 1965, to operate what was first called the Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Battelle then bought land at the north end of Richland and built the first buildings of the present Richland campus in the late 1960s.2
PNNL states that it applies AI to chemistry, materials, and biological systems; to grid operations and battery technologies; and to national security work such as threat analysis and detection. Its AI page also describes research on the safety, security, and robustness of AI-enabled systems, and work led by its Center for AI.4
NeuroMANCER is an open-source differentiable programming library written in PyTorch for parametric constrained optimization, physics-informed system identification, and model-based optimal control. It is published in PNNL's GitHub organization under a BSD-style license with copyright held by Battelle Memorial Institute.5 6

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Jul 22, 2026 · Policy
Microsoft commits to the Genesis Mission with a SPARK program office and four initial projects
On July 22, 2026 Microsoft announced a long-term commitment to the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission, centered on SPARK (Scientific Partnership Advancing Research & Knowledge), a new program office that Microsoft calls the single front door and coordination hub for Genesis Mission collaboration with the company. The commitment includes access to Microsoft Discovery, which Microsoft says is now generally available, and Microsoft says Azure capabilities will help extend DOE's American Science Cloud. Microsoft describes four of the first projects under the partnership, with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Idaho National Laboratory, covering work from energy storage materials to nuclear licensing.

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PNNL is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory at 902 Battelle Boulevard in Richland, Washington, managed and operated by Battelle for DOE. As with other government research laboratories in this catalog, the basis is a U.S. research laboratory.1 3

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Sources

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A national lab is a different kind of research organization | PNNL (external site: pnnl.gov)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
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Origins of the Richland Campus | PNNL (external site: pnnl.gov)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
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Contact | PNNL (external site: pnnl.gov)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence | PNNL (external site: pnnl.gov)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
5.
pnnl/neuromancer (GitHub repository and README) (external site: github.com)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · Repository · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026
6.
NeuroMANCER LICENSE.md (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)
Battelle Memorial Institute · License · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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