Your user account may only be used to access nonsensitive information. This account may not be used to access classified or sensitive information.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) retains the right to monitor all activities on ORNL systems, to access any computer files or mail messages, and to disclose this information to authorized individuals or agencies, without prior notice to, or consent from, any user, sender, or addressee. Anyone using ORNL systems acknowledges their consent to, and understanding of, these terms and conditions.

I will not share my password with anyone or allow anyone to use my password to access computing resources. If I write my password down, I will protect the paper by properly securing it. If I suspect that my password has been compromised, I will promptly change my password.

I will protect all information under my control or to which I am granted access. Information in my custody is a valuable asset which should be properly protected regardless of its form (e.g. CRT, magnetic media, hardcopy, or printer ribbon).

I will only use the computing resources to which I'm granted access for official business with ORNL. I will not use these computing resources in a manner which would constitute waste or fraud (such as playing games, downloading sexually explicit materials, etc.). I will not abuse these computing resources, nor will I use the resources to support any personal business.

I will use only properly authorized and/or licensed software on ORNL computing resources to which I have access. I will not create or modify any software for the purpose of disrupting operations, circumventing security controls, or destroying or modifying data or programs without authorization. Also, I will not create or modify any software to provide unauthorized access to computing resources or to gain access to privileges, programs, data, passwords, or resources for which I am not authorized.

Failure to abide by this user agreement will result in account termination and may result in disciplinary action involving civil and criminal penalties.

Acknowledgement Statement

You are advised that there is no expectation of privacy of your activities on any system that is owned by, leased, or operated by UT-Battelle on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Company retains the right to monitor all activities on these systems, to access any computer files or electronic mail messages, and to disclose all or part of information gained to authorized individuals or investigative agencies, all without prior notice to, or consent from, any user, sender, or addressee. This access to information or a system by an authorized individual or investigative agency is in effect during the period of your access to information on a DOE computer and for a period of three years thereafter. Anyone using these systems acknowledges their consent to, and understanding of, these terms and conditions.

Privacy Policy. Your personal, contact, and account information is used to establish your identity at ORNL. This information is also used to grant you access to applications, functions, and/or information at ORNL. ORNL does not rent or sell your information to others.

Resident Country

• Select "No Response" if you do not want to provide a specific country.

Street Address

• Please enter the postal mail address where any written correspondence should be sent.

Citizenship Country

• Select "No Response" if you do not want to provide a specific country.

Birth Country

• Select "No Response" if you do not want to provide a specific country.

Primary Email Address

• You must enter at least one valid email address to which you have access.
• This email address will be used to contact you regarding your account.

Other Email Addresses

• If you want to associate other email addresses with your account, you may enter up to 10 additional email addresses although only one external username per email address is allowed.

ORCID

• ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a nonproprietary alphanumeric code to uniquely identify scientific and other acedemic authors. For more information, visit orcid.org

User Name

• The user name must be from 4-20 characters long.
• The user name may contain letters, numbers, and underscores.

Password

• The password must be from 8-30 characters long.
• The password may contain special characters: ! # $ % . / _
• The password must contain at least one letter (a-z) (A-Z).
• The password must contain at least one number (0-9).
• The password must not contain three or more consecutive characters that are the same (e.g. aaa, BbB, 111).
• The password must not contain the user's name.

Please read the Terms of Service and then check the 'I Agree to the Terms of Service' checkbox.

An ORCID is required to be entered for all CNMS, HFIR or SNS Facility users.

ORNL staff should not create an ORNL Resource Account to register as a CNMS, HFIR or SNS User to use the Neutron Sciences proposal system, IPTS. Your standard ORNL user ID should be used to log in to the Guest Portal. This action will register you as a CNMS, HFIR or SNS user.