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Nuclear Energy
As energy demands continue to increase, nuclear power will be an essential part of providing affordable, reliable electricity to millions of Americans. INL’s cutting-edge research is helping making nuclear energy even more efficient and safe.
Multiple INL programs contribute to the safe operation of today’s reactor
IMCL is home to instrumentation that allows researchers to study irradiated fuels and materials at the micro, nano and atomic levels.
Certain incidents at nuclear power reactors influence society’s perception of the technology. Chernobyl revealed lessons that improved nuclear energy safety.
Certain incidents at nuclear power reactors influence society’s perception of the technology. Fukishima revealed lessons that improved nuclear energy safety.
Certain incidents at nuclear power reactors influence society’s perception of the technology. SL-1 revealed lessons that improved nuclear energy safety.
Certain incidents at nuclear power reactors influence society’s perception of the technology. Three Mile Island revealed lessons that improved nuclear energy safety.
LSS can assess the fabricated interface strength of layered or composite structures and determine the debond stress thresholds from a production process.
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.
MSL for Nuclear instrumentation is designed for irradiation experiments and advanced reactors and include a collection of laboratory spaces, equipment and capabilities.
A facility for researchers and technology developers to test new microreactor concepts.
Researchers and technology developers gain operational experience with a real 100-kW fission microreactor.
Developing safe, reliable sources of carbon-free energy will be the next decade’s greatest challenge for power producers in the US. Several US-based companies are developing Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs), a type of advanced nuclear reactor.
The MSTEC will be a state-of-the-art, shielded argon glovebox for irradiated and nonirradiated actinide materials.
The Monitoring, Diagnostics and Automation Laboratory is helping the nuclear industry develop new sensors, control algorithms and innovative ways to reduce plant operational costs.
Multiphysics Object Oriented Simulation Environment, better known as MOOSE, makes modeling and simulation more accessible to a broad array of scientists.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy established the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) in 2019.
Neutron Radiography Reactor (NRAD) core in the water-filled tank beneath the Hot Fuel Examination Facility main hot cell.
Researching molten salts for processing used nuclear fuels and developing molten salt reactor systems.
RAVEN is a flexible and multi-purpose uncertainty quantification, regression analysis, probabilistic risk assessment, data analysis and model optimization framework.
The Research Collaboration Building provides a landing spot, collaborative working space and training areas for the growing number of students, visiting researchers and postdoctoral researchers who conduct research at MFC.
The Safety and Tritium Applied Research Facility focuses developing safe nuclear technology for fusion and advanced fission energy systems.
The Sample Preparation Laboratory is under construction at the Materials and Fuels Complex. The facility is designed for high-throughput characterization of gamma-emitting materials.
SPHERE can be broadly used to test microreactor structures and subsystems. SPHERE supports a variety of testing, tool development and experimental needs.
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