b'\x07For\x0775\x07years,\x07INLs\x07success\x07has\x07been\x07measured\x07by\x07our\x07incredible\x07scientific\x07discoveries and applied engineering solutions. As we move forward,our impact will be known more for the lives we change and conditions we improve.- John Wagner, INL Director IntroductionOn Feb. 18, 1949, the recently formed Atomic Energy Commission (predecessor to todaysU.S. Department of Energy) selected a Naval Proving Ground in Idaho as the site of the planned National Reactor Testing Station. Within just a few years, the site was home to numerous milestones that paved the way for the peaceful use of nuclear energy to generate safe, emission-free electricity. Although names at the site changed over the years (Argonne-West, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory), nearly every operating reactor in the world has technological roots in Idaho. That proud tradition continues today, with what is now Idaho National Laboratory, a place that will demonstrate the worlds first modern microreactor, help industry design and develop advanced reactors and other clean energy technologies, and secure our nations critical infrastructure.Milestone KeyElectricity Safety Fuels and U.S. Armed Reactor DesignMaterialsForces3'