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Energy secretary tours INL with focus on clean energy, national security capabilities

August 3, 2022

Idaho Falls, Idaho – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm made her first visit to Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Wednesday. Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, was appointed by President Joe Biden to lead the Energy department and...

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Battelle Energy Alliance, NASA select industry partners to design nuclear power system...

June 21, 2022

Battelle Energy Alliance, contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and NASA have selected proposals to design a fission surface power system for lunar power applications. The FSP project is sponsored by NASA in collaboration with...

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A lifelong advocate for nuclear’s power

June 15, 2022

Seth Kanter never suspected that his love of the ocean, and more than eight years in the Navy, would eventually lead him to a career in the high desert of eastern Idaho. But as the Radiological Engineering manager at Idaho...

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Community invited to discussions about Netflix’s Three Mile Island series

June 14, 2022

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Building on an effort launched in 2019, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will hold a community discussion to answer the public’s questions. The topic of the discussion is the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Netflix recently released...

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A new ETHOS: INL leads study of innovation culture at six national...

May 31, 2022

The United States invests more than $30 billion every year in its national laboratories, which are owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Energy. Their mission, according to DOE’s mission statement, is to “ensure America’s security and prosperity by...

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AI for a clean energy future: Researchers use machine learning for advanced...

May 16, 2022

Developing the nuclear power systems of the future requires innovative thinking and new approaches to solving complex challenges. For the first time, a team of Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and University of Idaho researchers has successfully applied machine learning to...

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Fueling Innovation: New collaboration with University of Utah tackles nuclear waste

May 11, 2022

It’s one of the most persistent questions in nuclear energy: What about the waste? A new collaboration between Idaho National Laboratory and the University of Utah hopes to answer that question by making fuel recycling a reality for advanced reactors.  ...

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NSUF, EPRI Pilot Project paves way for reactor extensions

April 13, 2022

A study that began in 2009 by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has finished its third and final phase. The study provides important insight that will not only extend the life of...

INL’s MARVEL engineer develops nuclear test reactor at lightning speed

March 24, 2022

Yasir Arafat is a MARVEL superhero. No, he’s not a Marvel Comics superhero. Rather, he’s a nuclear engineer leading development of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) project at Idaho National Laboratory. And from...

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New X-ray technique provides novel images of TRISO nuclear fuel

March 22, 2022

Advanced nuclear technologies could play an important role for nations seeking carbon-free energy solutions to reduce the impacts of climate change.    Companies around the world are developing advanced reactor designs to meet a range of needs, from microreactors for remote...

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