Making the Most of a Momentous Day: Area schools use INL-generated materials to learn about science and space

For decades, this has held true in American schools: When the countdown on TV starts for a space launch or lander touching down, the class joins in. “10 … 9 … 8 …” So it was on the afternoon of...

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Idaho researchers help industry make high-performance parts inexpensive and durable

Many of today’s high-performance technologies—nuclear reactors, spacecraft, concentrated solar plants and hydrogen cells—require advanced materials. The “advanced” aspect comes from the fact that they’re made of metals and ceramics that can withstand extreme conditions or meet exacting specifications. In the...

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To Pluto and Beyond: Work that reaches the stars

They’ve stayed in the same spot for more than a decade, but their work has traveled to Pluto and beyond, and landed on the surface of Mars. Bob Gomez, Courtney Swassing and Jon Bradley have spent most of their Idaho...

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ANS designates Idaho reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark

The American Nuclear Society (ANS) has designated Idaho National Laboratory’s Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) a Nuclear Historic Landmark, in recognition of work performed between 1959 and 1994 and with significant research still to come. “Transient testing is an essential...

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Employees and visitors gather to celebrate the contributions of the ATR to nuclear energy research

Idaho National Laboratory celebrates Advanced Test Reactor’s 50th anniversary IDAHO FALLS —Today, employees and visitors gathered at Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor to celebrate the contributions of the ATR to advance nuclear energy research. In a prepared video message,...

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Fire danger increases as the grasses and sagebrush dry

Preparations for INL’s 2017 fire season underway IDAHO FALLS — The Fire Department at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory is preparing for the 2017 wildland fire season. Every spring, the fire department reviews its fire preparation procedures...

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ANS President Andy Klein presented the award during a recent visit to the ATR Complex

The American Nuclear Society recently recognized the Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) Complex as a Nuclear Historic Landmark at the 2016 ANS Winter meeting in Las Vegas. On May 18, ANS President Andy Klein presented the award during...

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INL celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

In May, the United States celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The month has been commemorated in some form since 1977, when a House Joint Resolution proclaimed the first 10 days in May Pacific/Asian American Heritage Week....

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Using materials research to wrest energy from oceans

On her visit to Idaho Falls in mid-March, Dr. Bernadette Hernandez-Sanchez of Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) had two stories to tell. One was personal, shared with 160 eighth-grade girls at Idaho National Laboratory’s “My Amazing Future” event. At lunch March...

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