First nuclear reactor built on DOE land in 50 years unveiled at Idaho National Lab

First nuclear reactor built on DOE land in 50 years unveiled at Idaho National Lab

A giant American flag hangs behind the newly built reactor inside the INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex on Thursday. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com ARCO — A giant American flag hung resolutely Thursday during the unveiling of the world’s first experimental extra modular nuclear reactor. Texas-based Aalo Atomics broke ground on the reactor, and the 3,600-square-foot building surrounding it, last August. It sits on a 1-acre parcel inside the Ida…