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A team of electric vehicle (EV) researchers and stakeholders has released recommendations designed to help...
IDAHO FALLS – Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has completed substantial construction of a new facility...
Two Idaho National Laboratory (INL) technologies earned the coveted title of 2024 R&D 100 Award...
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In 2021, Idaho National Laboratory committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2031. But reaching...
Kenya Stump, an executive with the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet for over 17 years,...
Matthew Balderree first encountered drones in 2004 as a technical sergeant in the U.S. Air...
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Strong partnerships advance nuclear research, cleanup milestones By Dr. John Wagner For nearly three decades,...
Celebrating 75 years of science and innovation at INL By Dr. John Wagner, Idaho National...
Urgent Imperative: The Crucial Role of Near-Term Nuclear Deployment By John Wagner, Idaho National Laboratory...
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INL is working with developers, private industry, regulators, universities and others to develop, demonstrate, test and validate this new generation of microreactors. As part of its research mission, INL is also helping develop new fuels for microreactor designs, many of which will use low-enriched uranium with higher concentrations of uranium-235 than the fuel used in today’s commercial power reactors.
A small modular reactor (SMR) is a nuclear fission reactor that features factory-built-and-assembled modules in a variety of configurations and electricity outputs. About 1/10 to 1/4 the size of a traditional nuclear energy plant, SMRs feature compact, simplified designs with advanced safety features. Small modular reactors are envisioned to vary in size according to configuration.
The line between fact and fiction is often blurred when historical events are dramatized. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the nation’s nuclear energy research laboratory, employs numerous experts with extensive knowledge of what happened, why and what the industry learned. In fact, the laboratory played a role in the analysis of what happened within the damaged reactor’s core.
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INL is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) national laboratories. The laboratory performs work in each of DOE’s strategic goal areas: energy, national security, science and environment. INL is the nation’s leading center for nuclear energy research and development.
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