Will any new U.S. national laboratory be created by 2040?
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Resolves according to https://www.energy.gov/doe-national-laboratories or obvious successor site.
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https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/doe-fy-2024-budget-vol-4-eere-v2.pdf the proposed 2024 doe budget advocates and allocates funding for research towards an 18th national lab

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