US EditionNuclear Renaissance: JFAC Visits INL, Learns of Artificial Intelligence's Place in Nuclear Power
- On Wednesday, members of Idaho's Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee visited the research sites at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls.
- The visit took place as INL is developing nuclear reactors for the first time in half a century, with officials anticipating a revival in nuclear energy within the next four years.
- INL currently operates four reactors and also focuses on artificial intelligence, cyber security, electric vehicle infrastructure, and homeland security research.
- Deputy Director Todd Combs explained that the goal is to reestablish INL’s involvement in designing, constructing, and running new reactors at the facility, as well as revitalizing the associated supply chains that require active development.
- A waiver to the 1995 nuclear waste settlement permits transporting spent nuclear fuel to Idaho for research purposes at INL, highlighting the lab’s expansion and increased activity.
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Legislators tour Idaho National Laboratory nuclear research facilities as lab plans new reactors
Originally published May 22 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.
Nuclear renaissance: JFAC visits INL, learns of artificial intelligence's place in nuclear power
Idaho’s Joint Financial Appropriations and Finance at Idaho National Laboratory on May 21. | Courtesy Idaho National Laboratory IDAHO FALLS — Idaho’s Joint Financial Appropriations and Finance committee made their last stop at Idaho National Laboratory Wednesday after a three-day tour of Idaho Falls. The tour took Idaho senators and representatives on the committee to the College of Eastern Idaho, local organizations like the Development Worksho…
Energizing Minds: INL invites teachers to explore the future of energy, become energy education leaders
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Legislators tour Idaho National Laboratory Nuclear Research Facilities as Lab Plans New Reactors
IDAHO FALLS, ID – Members of the Idaho Legislature’s budget committee toured Idaho National Laboratory research facilities Wednesday as the lab is in the process of building its first new nuclear reactors in 50 years. Some of INL’s top officials told the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee they expected the next four years to usher in a new nuclear renaissance that INL will be at the center of. “It’s really intended to get…
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