Will any current U.S. national laboratory be shut down by 2040?
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Resolves according to https://www.energy.gov/doe-national-laboratories or obvious successor site.
Various edge cases are conceivable. If a lab has its size cut by 90%, that won't count. If it's sold off to a private entity (alone), that will count as a YES. If all labs are transferred to another agency, that won't count. Feel free pose further hypotheticals.
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