A bill to encourage nuclear power development being co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, is headed to the Senate floor.
Cleanup crews have started the work needed to close the largest building at the U.S. Department of Energy desert site west of Idaho Falls, and expect to be done next year.
As empty as the land might look, there is a lot of history in Idaho Falls’ backyard: 890 square miles of land now called Idaho National Laboratory. Before the U.S. government established the National Reactor Testing Station in 1949, many people called it home.
Idaho National Laboratory is the preferred site for a proposed test reactor that the U.S. Department of Energy is developing, DOE announced Thursday.
The former head of a Department of Energy program in Idaho Falls who is now an assistant secretary at the DOE was honored this week by the American Nuclear Society with its Presidential Citation award.
An Idaho National Laboratory researcher just received the George C. Laurence Pioneering Award from the American Nuclear Society.
A bipartisan group of senators, including Idaho's Mike Crapo, introduced a bill Monday that, they say, will help shore up America's nuclear fuel supply chain and global position and reduce carbon emissions, among other benefits.
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Diana Thompson noticed at the grocery store the dazed look on nearly everyone’s face. There was panic, too, as people scrambled for such things as toilet paper, hand sanitizer, flour and yeast.
Idaho National Laboratory is working with a Minnesota-based company on a system to use a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water.
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John Wagner will be the next director of Idaho National Laboratory.
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Local small businesses have been benefiting from a new mentorship program created by Fluor Idaho.
Idaho Falls has decided to stick with a proposed nuclear energy project, although it has reduced the city's power purchasing commitment by half for now.
In the age of the novel coronavirus, Nuclear Science Week, now in its 10th year, is holding a virtual celebration this week rather than its customary “Big Event.”
The Idaho Women’s Business Center will be opening a new office in Idaho Falls. The branch will hold a grand opening event at 2 p.m. on Tuesday at 2300 N. Yellowstone in the Idaho Innovation Center.
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A project that would bring nuclear power to eastern Idaho and many cities throughout the West through new technology received a large round of funding Friday.
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Energy officials are celebrating the allocation of $160 million to deploy advanced nuclear reactors as a pivotal moment for advancing American energy leadership.
Three Idaho National Laboratory technologies have won R&D 100 Awards in 2020.
Idaho National Laboratory’s Small Business Program will host a webinar Wednesday on the energy industry supply chain, with a focus on supply chain risk management.
The National Reactor Innovation Center will host its first webinar in the series “What Inspires Us” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. today.
One more Utah city has withdrawn from a project to build 12 small nuclear reactors west of Idaho Falls.
Idaho’s two congressmen introduced a bill Wednesday meant to encourage research into nuclear power at Idaho National Laboratory and the nation’s other national labs.
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The development of a new test reactor that might be built at Idaho National Laboratory is ready to move into the next stage as soon as the money is available, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday.
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The participants in a project to build 12 small nuclear reactors west of Idaho Falls have until the end of October to decide whether to continue into the next phase of the project.
National laboratories nationwide, including Idaho National Laboratory, have been ordered to suspend all diversity, equity and inclusion-related trainings pending an investigation of all such programs.
Security protection 24 hours a day at Idaho National Laboratory requires elite security systems and a well-trained, physically fit guard force. Being an INL Protective Force (Pro Force) officer is a challenging and invigorating career, and the demands of the job begin before aspiring officer…
Nuclear Care Partners is hosting a book drive on Sept. 6 in partnership with Lincoln Court Assisted and Senior Living.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed its Phase 6 review of the design certification application for NuScale Power's small modular reactor with the issuance of the Final Safety Evaluation Report.
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Idaho National Laboratory Director Mark Peters is leaving his spot as lab director for a new job with Battelle Energy Alliance.
Say could leave taxpayers hung out to dry
Firefighters fought and contained a 910-acre blaze at the U.S. Department of Energy desert site west of Idaho Falls on Thursday.
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Elections, liability reform could be among topics
The city of Idaho Falls is asking the owner of some former bus stop benches scattered throughout the city to remove them, citing concerns about access for people with disabilities, advertising on city property and changes to local bus services.
