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- April 15, 2024
Out on the INL desert Site sits an electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast’s dream: nine high-performance, battery-powered cars including four Tesla models (S, 3, X and Y); a Porsche Taycan and a Lucid Air. Each car boasts some of the most advanced EV technology available, allowing drivers to accelerate from zero [...]
- April 15, 2024
Out on the INL desert Site sits an electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast’s dream: nine high-performance, battery-powered cars including four Tesla models (S, 3, X and Y); a Porsche Taycan and a Lucid Air. Each car boasts some of the most advanced EV technology available, allowing drivers to accelerate from zero to 60 mph in just […]
- April 8, 2024
Twin Falls entrepreneur and inventor Mark Melni is on top of the world. The U.S. Department of Energy selected his small business, Melni Technologies, to receive funding to redesign and develop its medium-voltage power cable connector, which can make underground electrical repairs faster, safer and more reliable. Melni’s business was [...]
- April 8, 2024
Twin Falls entrepreneur and inventor Mark Melni is on top of the world. The U.S. Department of Energy selected his small business, Melni Technologies, to receive funding to redesign and develop its medium-voltage power cable connector, which can make underground electrical repairs faster, safer and more reliable. Melni’s business was one of 12 companies nationwide […]
- April 1, 2024
Idaho National Laboratory is hosting STEM Scholars, CyberCore and Clean Energy summer camp programs. These three programs are free, and learning materials are provided. Registration will open April 3 at 9 a.m. here. For additional camp details, such as dates and times, click here. The first summer camp is STEM [...]
- April 1, 2024
Idaho National Laboratory is hosting STEM Scholars, CyberCore and Clean Energy summer camp programs. These three programs are free, and learning materials are provided. Registration will open April 3 at 9 a.m. here. For additional camp details, such as dates and times, click here. The first summer camp is STEM Scholars, which includes four-day sessions […]
- March 28, 2024
Telecommunications in eastern Idaho today are vastly different from how they were in 1949, the year the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) founded the National Reactor Testing Station, now Idaho National Laboratory. The days of copper wire, switchboard exchanges and phone numbers beginning with names (JAckson for Idaho Falls, SUnset for [...]
- March 28, 2024
Telecommunications in eastern Idaho today are vastly different from how they were in 1949, the year the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) founded the National Reactor Testing Station, now Idaho National Laboratory. The days of copper wire, switchboard exchanges and phone numbers beginning with names (JAckson for Idaho Falls, SUnset for Blackfoot, SHerwood for Rigby) have […]
- March 25, 2024
Idaho National Laboratory welcomes hundreds of college and graduate interns every year. In the competitive field of scientific research, externally funded internship programs have emerged as vital sources of funding support. One example is the Department of Energy Office of Science, which plays a key role in attracting college and [...]
- March 25, 2024
Idaho National Laboratory welcomes hundreds of college and graduate interns every year. In the competitive field of scientific research, externally funded internship programs have emerged as vital sources of funding support. One example is the Department of Energy Office of Science, which plays a key role in attracting college and graduate students to contribute to […]
- March 18, 2024
For 75 years, Idaho National Laboratory has been at the forefront of nuclear energy and technology research. This research includes the nuclear fuel cycle, a multistep process that covers the entire life cycle of nuclear fuel, from mining uranium for use in a reactor to the safe management and disposal [...]
- March 18, 2024
For 75 years, Idaho National Laboratory has been at the forefront of nuclear energy and technology research. This research includes the nuclear fuel cycle, a multistep process that covers the entire life cycle of nuclear fuel, from mining uranium for use in a reactor to the safe management and disposal of spent, or used, fuel. […]
- March 11, 2024
In 1951, the desert of eastern Idaho hosted Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, the first nuclear reactor to generate a usable amount of electricity. Four years later, researchers followed that success with BORAX-III, the first reactor to power an American city. The next two decades saw a flurry of research and development [...]
- March 11, 2024
In 1951, the desert of eastern Idaho hosted Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, the first nuclear reactor to generate a usable amount of electricity. Four years later, researchers followed that success with BORAX-III, the first reactor to power an American city. The next two decades saw a flurry of research and development at that desert site — […]
- March 7, 2024
Women played an instrumental role in shaping the field of nuclear science. Nobel Prize-winner Marie Curie was part of a team that discovered radioactivity. Katharine Way, a leading scientist on the Manhattan Project, analyzed and interpreted foundational nuclear data. Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu tested and disproved a widely accepted atomic science [...]
- March 7, 2024
Women played an instrumental role in shaping the field of nuclear science. Nobel Prize-winner Marie Curie was part of a team that discovered radioactivity. Katharine Way, a leading scientist on the Manhattan Project, analyzed and interpreted foundational nuclear data. Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu tested and disproved a widely accepted atomic science theory. Despite these historical contributions, […]
- March 4, 2024
Throughout its 75 years, Idaho National Laboratory’s ranks have been filled with multi-generational family members, many of them cases of the apple not falling far from the tree. For Rob and Alyssa Spence, however, the fact that both work at INL’s Advanced Test Reactor today is where the coincidence ends. [...]
- March 4, 2024
Throughout its 75 years, Idaho National Laboratory’s ranks have been filled with multi-generational family members, many of them cases of the apple not falling far from the tree. For Rob and Alyssa Spence, however, the fact that both work at INL’s Advanced Test Reactor today is where the coincidence ends. When Alyssa was getting ready […]
- March 1, 2024
Maycee Radford had never been to an Idaho Falls Spud Kings hockey game. In fact, young Maycee had never been to a hockey game of any kind. Ever. So, when the 12-year-old Idaho Falls resident stood on the Mountain America Center blue line during INL’s Specialty Jersey Night on Feb. [...]
- March 1, 2024
Maycee Radford had never been to an Idaho Falls Spud Kings hockey game. In fact, young Maycee had never been to a hockey game of any kind. Ever. So, when the 12-year-old Idaho Falls resident stood on the Mountain America Center blue line during INL’s Specialty Jersey Night on Feb. 9 with a black hockey […]
