Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (
TJNAF), commonly called
Jefferson Lab or
JLab, is a U.S.
national laboratory located in
Newport News, Virginia. Since June 1, 2006, it has been operated by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, a limited liability company created by Southeastern Universities Research Association and PAE Applied Technologies. Until 1996 it was known as the
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF); commonly, this name is still used for the main accelerator.