Water security work and its meaning to hurricane recovery
The Environmental Protection Agency established the Water Security Test Bed (WSTB) at INL to inform responses to emergencies such as hurricanes.
Bioenergy crops on unprofitable fields could offer benefits for farmers, industry
INL researchers say the bioenergy industry could offer a solution to unprofitable yields: instead of grain on those underperforming parts of fields.
Spotlighting employees with Native American Heritage
Throughout November, INL highlights and celebrates the achievements and culture of indigenous people with Native American Heritage Month.
Innovation for electrical transmission grid discussed at workshop
Close to 70 people from DOE and the electrical utility industry came to INL for a Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) workshop hosted Nov. 7-9.
Self-healing microgrids to help keep Cordova, Alaska, electrified
INL researchers helped design a system of microgrids that would enhance grid resilience in a fishing village in Cordova, Alaska.
Key findings in INL’s Research & Development Economic Impact Summary for FY 2017
INL’s R&D Economic Impact Summary for FY 2017 found that INL added $1.94 billion to Idaho’s GDP, and the lab spent $139 million with Idaho businesses.
For more than 60 years, INL and its employees have shown themselves to be an invaluable source of support in their communities
The 2017 INL United Way campaign was a huge success, bringing in more than $461,000 to support the area’s three agencies.
Turning gross grease into biodiesel
INL researchers are testing the commercial possibilities for a technology that converts rancid grease into ASTM B-100 biodiesel fuel.
Silicon Valley startup pro shifts focus to nuclear energy
After selling his company in 2017, Bret Kugelmass moved from Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C., setting himself up as president of the Energy Impact Center
IDRs are key measure of innovation
A Invention Disclosure Record (IDR) measures an innovation’s ability to create jobs, improve national security, and improve or save lives.
‘Space is the place’ for new INL engineer
INL employee Amanda Gates talks about her journey to starting at the lab, and how it lead her to working at the lab’s Space Nuclear Power Department.
Keeping a global perspective from an INL desk
A research engineer in the National & Homeland Security Directorate sees the work she has done with both as part of a unified picture.
Sustainable e-recycling process economically competitive with current practices
INL researchers have made a case that a process that offers an economically competitive alternative to traditional smelting processes.
INL Black History makers
Black History Month celebrates the achievements of blacks and their phenomenal contributions to society. INL employees talk about what it means to them.
Students today, scientists tomorrow: INL hosts 11th My Amazing Future event
INL will gather nearly 150 Idaho students to see what their future could hold: potential careers in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM).
INL, Oregon State University Collaborate to Inspire Future Nuclear Engineers
American Nuclear Society conferences are attended to learn about the latest innovations, present new research, and spark hypotheses in the nuclear sector.
Native Americans used lava tubes as refrigerators during lean times
40 years ago, Tom Miller discovered a cave near the eastern Idaho Big Southern Butte hiding a mystery unlike any previously found on the Snake River Plain.
Idaho researchers slash cost of providing biomass for biofuels production
INL researchers helped meet biomass cost challenges by reducing the modeled cost of growing, harvesting, storing, transporting and preprocessing biomass.
The electrochemical process could eliminate the need for high-energy steam cracking
A team of Idaho National Laboratory researchers has now pioneered an electrochemical process that could eliminate the need for high-energy steam cracking.
Idaho State Board of Education, INL break ground on two research facilities
To help secure our nation’s energy future, INL, together with the Idaho State Board of Education, is breaking ground on two new cybersecurity facilities.