DOE offers big advantages to clean energy developers with proposed leases at Idaho site
As the United States moves toward net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the nation will need a broad mix of clean energy projects to carry the load. To build these projects, developers must overcome any number of challenges including financing, siting and environmental regulations. Now, the Department of Energy (DOE) is helping developers eliminate some of […]
Going digital: Idaho students, engineers demonstrate first nuclear reactor digital twin
Idaho National Laboratory researchers and Idaho State University (ISU) nuclear engineering students developed the world’s first nuclear reactor digital twin — a virtual replica of ISU’s AGN-201 reactor — in a campus collaboration last August. Digital twins are virtual models of real-life assets, such as complex infrastructure, machines or buildings. By modeling nuclear reactors, digital […]
What is the Carbon Free Power Project?
The Carbon Free Power Project calls for constructing a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) power plant using a SMR technology being developed by NuScale Power
New reactor project’s roots go back to 1990s Idaho research
To understand INL’s involvement in small modular reactors, including NuScale Power and the Carbon Free Power Project, one needs to go back to the 1990s.
GE Hitachi awarded subcontract for work supporting proposed versatile test reactor
Idaho National Laboratory has awarded a subcontract to GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to support a proposed fast spectrum Versatile Test Reactor.
$3.9 million awarded to universities
INL announced $3.9 million in funding for university-led projects to develop tools needed to monitor and conduct experiments in the Versatile Test Reactor.
ELINA ‘Smart Document’ technology poised to streamline nuclear energy processes
The Electronic Instructions for Nuclear Applications, or ELINA, would help streamline nuclear energy procedures and make reactor operation more efficient.
A critical milestone success
INL’s Transient Reactor Test facility marked the return of a capability that is critical to the United States’ role in the development of nuclear fuels.
JUMP presents big opportunity for nuclear scientists, industry
Nuclear clear power plants will soon operate in a complex energy landscape. That’s why DOE is working to help develop the Joint Use Modular Plant (JUMP).
Idaho National Laboratory marks 70 years of nuclear energy innovation
In 2019, Idaho National Laboratory celebrates 70 years of nuclear energy innovation since its founding as the National Reactor Testing Station in 1949.
