Many of us deliver much of our results publicly all the time. At ORNL any user can come and use our facilities. We've got a neutron beam system which I think exists only in one other place on Earth. In fact, users can use it for free only if they pledge to publish their results publicly.
> Many of us deliver much of our results publicly all the time.
I didn't imply otherwise.
Unless you are in a user facility, national labs are even more brutal than academia. Because your entire salary is soft-money funded, and AFAIK you have to bring in several multiples (~4) of your salary in grants to maintain your position.