Step aboard the “Science Sleigh” this holiday season and journey into the heart of nuclear history. On Saturday, Dec. 20, the Idaho National Laboratory invites the public to a special...
As the United States accelerates deployment of advanced and small modular reactors (A/SMRs), the nuclear energy sector is embracing a digital future. While digital systems provide operators with big benefits,...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The Idaho National Laboratory today announced initial selections for the Microreactor Application Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) end user experiments. The five competitively selected teams will...
Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have achieved a historic breakthrough in nuclear energy by launching full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE)—the...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The recent delivery of advanced nuclear fuel to the Idaho National Laboratory’s Transient Reactor Test Facility marks a major milestone for Project Pele, a first-of-its-kind mobile...
At the intersection of mathematics and nature, scientists have found intriguing and often beautiful designs. Pinecone scales and sunflower seeds spiral according to a curve derived from the Fibonacci sequence....
At the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) innovation thrives on collaboration. That spirit was on full display Aug. 13-15 during this year’s University Days, an event to provide information, initiate discussions...
The pistachio trees of Coalinga, California, are thirsty. The nearest river is miles away, but beneath their roots lies an untapped water source — untapped because it’s full of salt...
Though they’d never met before the summer of 2025, interns James Dawson and Andrew Bonilla were a dream team for the Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Cybercore Integration Center. Dawson, from...
Turning materials like wood chips, crop residues and municipal solid waste into fuels and chemicals is important for our country’s energy independence. Over the past two decades, the U.S. Department...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has received three funding awards from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Technology Commercialization Fund program. The funding, totaling $1.4 million...
College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) President Lori Barber looked out Aug. 28 to a crowd of state legislators, the mayors of Ammon and Idaho Falls, senior Idaho National Laboratory officials...
At a nondescript laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Wei Tang, Wenjuan Bian and Dong Ding make highly sophisticated advanced energy materials literally from scratch. The researchers and their colleagues at...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — Idaho Falls Power and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), with support from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office, have unveiled a new interactive...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Eight United States national laboratories and research centers have launched an initiative to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence across the Department of Energy complex. The...
When asked to describe her job within the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE), Kristy Spencer smiled. “Whenever the project needs anything, I’m there and ready to help because I’m kind...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – Two technologies developed at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have been named as winners for the 2025 R&D 100 Awards, sometimes referred to as the “Oscars...
It’s Tuesday morning in early June and the Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) control room is crawling with visitors. Men in fatigues thumb through logbooks, monitor...
In many electricity markets, hydropower operators earn a significant portion of their revenue from the day-ahead market. In this market, utilities buy electricity based on expected demand for the next...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming widely adopted across multiple industries, including the critical field of grid operations. The integration of AI into grid systems promises enhanced efficiency and reliability, but...
In the spring of 2020, a team of engineers at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) embarked on a groundbreaking project to design a microreactor test facility that could transform the...
From laundry detergents and self-cleaning ovens to the manufacturing of fuels, plastics and medications, catalysts play a vital role in everyday products and industry. These substances, which make chemical reactions...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will collaborate to use AWS’s advanced capabilities and cloud infrastructure to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools...
Consider the utility services that people use every day: light switches, water faucets and gas burners. The simple act of delivering electricity, water or gas to a home or business...