Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
US DOE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
1 BETHEL VALLEY RD, OAK RIDGE, TN, 37830
Parent company: US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Nitric acid | Lead | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 73,940 | — | — | — | — | 73,940 |
| 2023 | 80,857 | — | — | — | — | 80,857 |
| 2022 | 64,414 | — | — | — | — | 64,414 |
| 2021 | 66,840 | — | — | — | — | 66,840 |
| 2020 | 29,920 | — | — | 108 | — | 30,028 |
| 2019 | 62,441 | — | — | 150 | — | 62,591 |
| 2018 | 81,596 | — | — | 116 | — | 81,712 |
| 2017 | 38,892 | — | — | 298 | — | 39,190 |
| 2016 | 44,929 | — | — | 177 | — | 45,106 |
| 2015 | 64,177 | — | — | 359 | — | 64,536 |
| 2014 | 49,318 | — | — | 175 | — | 49,493 |
| 2013 | 81,511 | — | — | 365 | — | 81,876 |
| 2012 | 51,147 | — | — | 353 | — | 51,500 |
| 2011 | 78,699 | — | — | — | — | 78,699 |
| 2010 | 55,260 | — | — | — | — | 55,260 |
| 2009 | 73,041 | — | — | — | — | 73,041 |
| 2008 | 47,000 | — | — | — | — | 47,000 |
| 2007 | 35,000 | — | — | — | — | 35,000 |
| 2006 | 51,000 | — | — | — | — | 51,000 |
| 2005 | 51,000 | — | — | — | — | 51,000 |
| 2004 | 83,000 | — | — | — | 64 | 83,064 |
| 2003 | 80,000 | — | — | — | 61 | 80,061 |
| 2002 | 71,000 | — | — | — | 55 | 71,055 |
| 2001 | 45,000 | — | — | — | 37 | 45,037 |
| 2000 | 50,000 | 38,146 | 19,510 | — | 40 | 107,937 |
| 1999 | 62,000 | 52,603 | 29,015 | — | 51 | 143,981 |
| 1998 | 64,000 | 49,123 | — | — | 32 | 113,155 |
| 1997 | 63,000 | 46,508 | — | 4 | 6,751 | 116,338 |
| 1996 | 68,000 | — | — | 1 | 3,571 | 71,711 |
| 1995 | 46,000 | 81 | — | 31,422 | 5,930 | 83,705 |
| 1994 | — | 202 | — | 43 | — | 612 |
| 1993 | — | — | — | 43 | — | 7,358 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.