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10-Mar-2025

Fusion for the future: Nuclear lab plays key role in testing a crucial technology

A cutting-edge project to test “fusion blanket” technologies is taking shape, with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) leading the charge to create a critical component of a fusion reactor.

4-Mar-2025

Scientists cook up the perfect recipe to feed an energy future

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

After five years of trying to find the right ingredients, scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) believe they have created the perfect recipe to fuel the world’s first critical fast-spectrum molten salt reactor.

18-Feb-2025

INL’s enduring mission: How high-flux thermal irradiation testing became a foundation for US nuclear leadership

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Seventy-five years ago, the sweeping landscape of the Idaho desert over the Snake River Aquifer was a land of sagebrush, brown grass and lava rock. Today, the desert site facilities of Idaho National Laboratory are still home to sagebrush, brown grass and lava rock but also to of some of the world’s most cutting-edge nuclear fuel research and reactor prototype development.

8-Jan-2025

Firefighters learn from INL experts about electric vehicle batteries, safety

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

There’s a reason that electric vehicles (EV) in salvage yards are kept by themselves and spaced far apart. Their lithium-ion batteries can hold a lot of energy, and if one catches fire, it’s sometimes hard for firefighters to extinguish the blaze.

22-Nov-2024

Standing guard against network invaders

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Anyone who has flown on a commercial flight, crossed an international border, visited a government building or attended a concert knows you’re not getting inside until you pass the security guards.

21-Nov-2024

INL hosts forensics training for Ukraine to deter nuclear threats

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

It’s a long way from the Donbas region of Ukraine to Idaho, but Ukrainian officials recently made the trip to learn about collecting evidence after a nuclear attack.

21-Oct-2024

Increasing the efficiency of hydropower plants with utility-scale batteries

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Utility-scale batteries can revolutionize how we harness renewable power. Coupled with wind and solar, these batteries could increase the reliability of green energy by storing excess energy during times of high generation and low demand. Then, utilities can tap the stored energy when demand increases.

13-May-2024

The true cost: Deploying electric vehicle charging infrastructure nationwide

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

When President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, he announced a goal to install 500,000 new electric vehicle chargers across the nation by 2030. The Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office has tasked the experts at Idaho National Laboratory to answer big questions surrounding this goal.

22-Apr-2024

Breaking down recycling challenges, one slice at a time

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Each day, roughly 43 million Americans eat at least one slice of pizza, according to experts. The hot, cheesy, Italian-inspired dish contributes a whopping $47 billion to the U.S. economy each year, and about a third of those pies come delivered to their destinations in corrugated cardboard boxes.

18-Mar-2024

Diverse collaborations expand employees’ professional development

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

For 75 years, INL 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.