Fact Sheets

Aqueous Separations Laboratories specialize in the research and development of water-based and gas phase separations for researchers and industry.

INL researchers have developed a monolithic iridium anode that makes electrochemical reprocessing more cost-effective.

INL’s Fuel Conditioning Facility supports work to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a nuclear recycling technique called pyroprocessing.

The Material Recovery Pilot Plant (MRPP), a research facility operated by the Department of Energy at Idaho National Laboratory, supports processes to recover materials from nuclear fuel.

The Pyrochemistry Laboratories play a vital role in researching molten salts for processing used nuclear fuels and developing molten salt reactor systems.

The Materials Security and Consolidation Complex supports radioactive material storage and repackaging, contamination techniques and fuel cycle research capabilities.

Researching molten salts for processing used nuclear fuels and developing molten salt reactor systems.

The Solvent Extraction Equipment Testing Laboratory allows researchers to develop criteria for separations processes and makes them more efficient.