Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been studied...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s Center for Used Fuel Research has selected Guidedwave and Sensible Photonics to advance to the final phase of a selection process...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The Experimental Breeder Reactor-I Atomic Museum will open for the 2026 season Friday, May 22. Located 50 miles west of Idaho Falls on U.S. Highway 20,...
The Idaho National Laboratory and eCyclers of Idaho will host electronic waste collection events at multiple locations, including the Madison County Transfer Station, Fort Hall Transfer Station, College of Eastern...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The Idaho National Laboratory announced today that its Structural Properties Laboratory became fully operational in late January. SPL is located at the lab’s Materials and Fuels...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The Idaho National Laboratory has published results from more than 50 evaluations of next-generation advanced conductors on a new public website. The site gives utilities, manufacturers...
Eighth grade students pulled on safety goggles and protective gear before slipping their arms into a model glove box. A ripple of excitement moved through the room. “I didn’t even...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The Idaho National Laboratory will host the fourth annual Digital Engineering Conference on May 12-13 at the University of Utah, in collaboration with the Utah Office...
Shauna Gummersall built her career around showing up for others. As a national security administrative assistant at the Idaho National Laboratory, Gummersall has supported her INL team for nearly a...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have officially opened the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad’s request for applications....
From the skies over Ukraine to the southern U.S. border, drones are transforming the nature of global conflict and domestic security. Unauthorized unmanned aerial systems, and efforts to detect, track,...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) announced the first developers selected for the newly established...
The U.S. has nearly as many miles of irrigation canals as it does highways. The canals, which provide water for millions of acres of crops and pastures, are managed by...
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes hosted a 2026 Earth Day event on April 17, welcoming tribal members and students, and Idaho National Laboratory and Department of Energy employees to the Fort Hall...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The Idaho National Laboratory announced Monday that Jennifer Porter will be the next chief of its fire department. Porter is currently the department’s deputy chief of...
For Adam Piotr Pikul of the Polish Academy of Sciences, there is always more to understand about the basic physics of uranium atoms. That’s why Pikul, a professor at the...
(POCATELLO, Idaho) — The Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho State University, eCyclers of Idaho and Sunnking Sustainable Solutions have partnered to host a free public electronic waste collection event on April...
The Idaho National Laboratory is bringing its nuclear science trailer on a two-day tour through Wyoming, kicking off in Laramie on Monday, April 13. The trailer offers students and community...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The highly anticipated National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is open for business. DOME, located at the Idaho National Laboratory...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — Applications are now open for the Idaho National Laboratory’s STEM Scholars program, a series of free, weeklong summer camps for students in grades one through 12....
The value of recycling has been recognized for decades, but there are still significant challenges to keep waste from ending up in landfills or the ocean. The Department of Energy’s...
Labeled glass containers full of liquids stirred by spinning magnets are connected to humming machines with neatly organized tubes. Here in this lab space at the Idaho National Laboratory, scientists...
Idaho teachers leaned into artificial intelligence with a mix of curiosity and caution during a recent professional development session hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The training, “Teaching in the Age...
When most people think of tree nuts, they imagine a tasty snack — not the parts of the nut that get left behind. But for Houston-based startup Vaulted Deep, a...