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About Brookhaven
Located on Long Island, New York, Brookhaven is a multi-program national laboratory operated by Brookhaven Science Associates for the U.S. Department of Energy. Brookhaven has a staff of approximately 3,000 scientists, engineers, technicians and support staff and over 4,000 guest researchers annually. More...
   
Maps & Directions
Brookhaven National Laboratory is located on William Floyd Parkway, County Road 46, 1 1/2 miles north of Exit 68 of the Long Island Expressway. Directions on how to get to Brookhaven from airports, ferries and interstate highways are here.
   

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Questions Regarding Guests & Visitors Attending an Event at Brookhaven
Questions regarding guests visiting and conducting research at the Laboratory should be directed to the Guest, User, Visitor (GUV) Center at 631-344-3333 or guvcenter@bnl.gov.  Location:  Research Support Building (Building 400). 

Main Gate Access
Access to BNL is controlled by permitting entrance only to those persons who have official business at the Lab or those visitors who are properly sponsored by a BNL employee. All visitors to the Laboratory age 16 and over must bring a photo ID.

For questions regarding Front Gate Access, please contact LPD Visitor Notifications - Maggie Rando at visitors@bnl.gov, 631-344-4720. 		  ID Requirements for Guests & Visitors
Important information regarding the various types of identification necessary for U.S. citizens, foreign nationals, and Visa Waiver Program participants to enter the site.

Guest Registration
Those visiting BNL must enter their information into the guest registration system in order to obtain a BNL Guest (photo ID) badge.

Housing Registration
Available for both short-term or long-term on-site stays. For questions regarding on-site housing registration requirements for Non-BNL/DOE and Non-U.S. Citizen attendees, please contact the Housing Office.

Training and Qualifications

The purpose of the Training and Qualifications program at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is to ensure that BNL employees, guests, users, and contractors are trained and qualified to perform their assigned tasks and job functions. View Program

Computer Network Access

Visitors with temporary BNL (NON-photo-ID) passes:
(ie, vendors, conferences or special event attendees) These individuals have the following network option available to them:

Internet Access Only (Available from most conference rooms on-site)
Quick Steps for Internet Access:

  • Configure your client for DHCP
  • Set DNS server to be obtained automatically

For information on how to connect to the BNL network, view the document entitled "Connecting to the BNL network - Getting Started" in the User Info section of the internal ITD homepage.

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Last Modified: January 20, 2011
 


DOE, Office of Science One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical, biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security. Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit, applied science and technology organization.

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