Wednesday’s meeting of the Leadership in Nuclear Energy Commission touched on the biggest energy-related stories in Idaho and across the country.
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Shortly before noon on Thursday, Idaho Falls Power workers flipped the switch on the city's lower power plant.
In April 2020, the U.S. government initiated Operation Warp Speed, which aimed to deliver millions of doses of safe, effective coronavirus vaccines to state and local governments for distribution to citizens.
Idaho Falls and Idaho National Laboratory are working on plans to turn the fields around MK Simpson Boulevard into a hub for research institutions.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface.
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Students found the seats with the clearest view and looked to the silver screen. A rover was about to begin its search for life on Mars.
Cybersecurity issues dominated the meeting of the state’s nuclear energy stakeholder committee held Wednesday morning.
Idaho Falls, Idaho – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the start of a 14-day public review and comment period on a draft environmental assessment for a proposal to construct the Microreactor Applications Research Validation & EvaLuation (MARVEL) project microreactor ins…
PORTLAND, Ore. — NuScale Power on Jan. 11 announced together with Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) that it has executed agreements to facilitate the development of the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP), which will deploy NuScale Power Modules™ at the Idaho National Laboratory (…
The company in charge of cleanup at the U.S. Department of Energy desert site west of Idaho Falls reported some progress over the past year, one notable upcoming milestone being that the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit could finally start processing sodium-bearing waste next summer.
The Collaborative Computing Center and Cybercore Integration Center, which were financed by $90 million in bonds approved by the state Legislature in 2017, are located at the Idaho National Laboratory campus in Idaho Falls.
The city of Idaho Falls, Idaho National Laboratory and other regional stakeholders are still moving forward with a project to build 12 small nuclear reactors west of town.
For the past five years, an Idaho Falls-based effort has been spearheading the U.S. Department of Energy's efforts to support nuclear reactor development.
Idaho Falls is poised to become a major center for the development of new nuclear reactors.
The contractor that runs Idaho National Laboratory is working with NASA to find someone who can build a nuclear power system that can be operated on the moon.
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Many families count down the days to Christmas using an Advent calendar. The Vorwaller family of Idaho Falls has added an element to the tradition that ensures time together during this busy season of the year.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the third of three rounds Tuesday of nuclear reactor development under its new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program.
Idaho National Laboratory has given its largest dollar amount yet in its annual employee fundraiser for the United Way.
The U.S. Department of Energy has released the draft environmental impact statement for a test reactor it would like to build at Idaho National Laboratory.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $30 million in initial funding Wednesday for a mix of reactor projects as part of its advanced reactor demonstration program.
The company developing small nuclear reactors that it plans to build near Idaho Falls has inked a deal with a crane company that will help support the project.
The new director of Idaho National Laboratory’s first day on the job was Friday.
U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch voted for a $741 billion defense spending bill Friday, joining most of their Republican and Democratic colleagues in supporting a bill President Donald Trump has threatened to veto.
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.
