PNNL scientists conduct basic and applied research and development to strengthen U. S. scientific foundations for fundamental research and innovation ; prevent and counter acts of terrorism through applied research in information analysis, cyber security, and the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction ; increase the U. S. energy capacity and reduce dependence on imported oil ; and reduce the effects of human activity on the environment.

PNNL houses several scientific user facilities and research facilities.

Three new research facilities were recently constructed on PNNL ’ s Richland, Washington campus.

The Physical Sciences Facility, a federally funded research complex that was designed by Flad Architects, is slated to open in 2010 and will house PNNL ’ s research into materials science, radiation detection, and ultra-trace analysis.

The privately funded Computational Sciences Facility and Biological Sciences Facility house about 310 staff who support PNNL ’ s energy, environmental, national security, and fundamental science research missions.

Other PNNL research facilities include the following:

PNNL continues to address threats to the environment by developing solutions to capture and stabilize human-made carbon emissions along with advancements in biomass research and biobased products that address the global need for renewable and sustainable energy sources.

The Applied Process Engineering Laboratory ( APEL ) is a technology business startup user facility, sponsored in part by PNNL.

PNNL has been operated by Battelle Memorial Institute since 1965.

PNNL has been operated for the U. S. Department of Energy by Battelle Memorial Institute since 1965.

The three facilities partially replace laboratory and office space PNNL has been using on the south end of the nearby Hanford Site.

PNNL has approximately 4, 650 staff members and a business volume of $ 1. 1 billion for FY09, excluding capital funding and Recovery Act funding.

PNNL has received 80 R & D 100 Awards for significant innovations, and 69 Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for technology transfer.

As of 2009, PNNL has 1, 761 domestic and foreign patents and more than 200 active licenses.

DOE has awarded $ 22. 5 million over five years for PNNL ’ s new Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, where scientists will study catalysts that covert electrical energy into chemical bonds and back again.

NWChem has been developed by the Molecular Sciences Software group of the Theory, Modeling & Simulation program of the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory ( EMSL ) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ( PNNL ).

The Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory ( BSEL ) is a joint effort between Washington State University and PNNL, and is located on the WSU-Tri-Cities campus.

Researchers at PNNL ’ s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory are developing processes to advance the cleanup of radiological and hazardous wastes ; the processing and disposal of nuclear fuels ; and the production and delivery of medical isotopes.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ( PNNL ) is one of the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Science.

The Electricity Infrastructure Operations Center at PNNL combines software, real-time power grid data and computation into a control room setting.

PNNL staff have received numerous awards and recognition.

PNNL staff serve as editors-in-chief for scientific journals, hold office in national and international technical societies, and have been granted Guggenheim fellowships, Humboldt Research Awards, and society medals.

Today, Lloyd's of London remains the leading market ( note that it is an insurance market rather than a company ) for marine and other specialist types of insurance, but it operates rather differently than the more familiar kinds of insurance.

The marine gas turbine operates in a more corrosive atmosphere due to presence of sea salt in air and fuel and use of cheaper fuels.

The CCG maintains and operates seamarks, coastal light stations, vessel traffic services, marine pollution response services, marine communications systems and provides icebreaking services.

Fishing, however, is not the sole perpetrator of changes to marine life-pollution is another example [...] No one factor operates in isolation and components of the ecosystem respond differently to each individual factor.

The Nature Conservancy also operates more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.

A marine VHF set is a combined transmitter and receiver and only operates on standard, international frequencies known as channels.

The space marine, an archetype of science fiction, is a marine that operates in outer space or on alien worlds.

It operates an aerospace technology campus in the City of Richmond, and a marine campus is located in the City of North Vancouver.

CHC operates the marine search and rescue service for the Irish Coast Guard at Shannon, Waterford, Sligo and Dublin airports and provides commercial Search and Rescue helicopter services for the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Irving Oil operates a large fleet of company-branded tanker trucks to deliver petroleum to retail locations from its Saint John refinery as well as the marine distribution terminals.

Irving Limited owns and operates RST Industries which provides road tanker transport services for Irving Oil's wholesale deliveries, as well as for jet fuel, marine fuel, liquid asphalt, and other products.

The strict definition of a pirate radio station is a station that operates from sovereign territory without a broadcasting license, or just beyond the territorial waters of a sovereign nation from on board a ship or other marine structure with the intention of broadcasting to that nation without obtaining a broadcasting license from that nation ( such as Radio Caroline before its present incarnation ).

More recently Fort Grey has been adapted for other more peaceful uses and now operates as a local shipwreck museum, housing a number of items of marine salvage from famous wrecks, including the MV Prosperity and Elwood Mead.

CEMEX currently operates on four continents, with 66 cement plants, 2, 000 ready-mix-concrete facilities, 400 quarries, 260 distribution centers and 80 marine terminals.

The school operates a marine research laboratory ship, and has a research site at an inland sinkhole.

Petrotrin operates in land and marine acreage across southern Trinidad.

It currently operates from West Coast Pier, pending the completion of 2 more marine bases at Pulau Brani and eastern Singapore.

The RCAF also operates the Canadian Mission Control Centre ( CMCC ) from the base, which is tasked with monitoring the Cospas-Sarsat system that detects transmissions from emergency locating beacons on aircraft or marine vessels in distress through Canada's search and rescue area of responsibility.

The company manages and operates different capacities on multiple satellites and provides fully mobile marine connection solutions.

In addition, GATX leases locomotives in North America, and also has significant investments in industrial equipment and marine assets, including ownership of the American Steamship Company, which operates on the Great Lakes.