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(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The Idaho National Laboratory will host the fourth annual Digital Engineering Conference on May 12-13 at the University of Utah, in collaboration with the Utah Office...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have officially opened the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad’s request for applications....
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) announced the first developers selected for the newly established...
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Shauna Gummersall built her career around showing up for others. As a national security administrative assistant at the Idaho National Laboratory, Gummersall has supported her INL team for nearly a...
From the skies over Ukraine to the southern U.S. border, drones are transforming the nature of global conflict and domestic security. Unauthorized unmanned aerial systems, and efforts to detect, track,...
The U.S. has nearly as many miles of irrigation canals as it does highways. The canals, which provide water for millions of acres of crops and pastures, are managed by...
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Nuclear energy agreement secures jobs, national defense, energy independence By Governor Brad Little and Idaho National Laboratory Director John Wagner For three decades, Idaho has maintained a significant agreement with...
From Valley to Peak: The Inner Mountain West’s Rise as a Hub for Innovation and Growth By Marlene Tromp, Boise State University president; Deborah Wince-Smith, Council on Competitiveness president and...
Celebrating 75 Years of Science and innovation at INL By Dr. John Wagner, Idaho National Laboratory director and Rep. Mike Simpson, Member, U.S. House of Representatives Throughout 2024, the Idaho...
Urgent Imperative: The Crucial Role of Near-Term Nuclear Deployment By John Wagner, Idaho National Laboratory Director Recently, a bipartisan coalition of leaders from both the U.S. House of Representatives and...
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As the nation’s nuclear energy laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) unique nuclear infrastructure and facilities, expertise and capabilities are not just valuable, but essential to America’s energy future.
The U.S. Department of Energy and industry rely on Idaho National Laboratory to conduct America’s nuclear energy research, development and demonstration. More than 50 advanced nuclear companies across North America are examining advanced reactor concepts, often in partnership with INL and other national laboratories.
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.
Chernobyl Miniseries
As the nation’s lead nuclear energy research laboratory, INL has extensive experience developing, demonstrating and evaluating different reactor concepts; handling nuclear fuel and materials; conducting post-accident analyses; and keeping employees and the public safe from radiation exposure. We are compiling resources to help answer the public’s questions about Chernobyl, nuclear safety and radiation.
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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Idaho National Laboratory Overview
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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Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory and the nation’s center for nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration. As one of 17 DOE national laboratories, INL advances nuclear energy, integrated energy systems, and national security solutions. Research and cleanup activities are conducted at the Research and Education Campus (REC) in Idaho Falls and across the 890-square-mile INL Site approximately 50 miles west of the city.
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- Dept. of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE)
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- Dept. of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM)
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