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Industry research: Experiment enters next stage at new Idaho hot cell

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

To the average eye, the experimental specimens don't look like much: silver-colored squares about the size of a domino. But the samples represent several big milestones for Idaho National Laboratory, the Department of Energy and the US nuclear energy industry. The irradiated 'compact tension' specimens are the first to undergo analysis in a specialized test rig at INL. Plus, they're part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration through the DOE's Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility.

Virtual control room helps nuclear operators, industry

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Human System Simulation Lab at Idaho National Laboratory is a full-scale virtual nuclear control room that can test the safety and reliability of proposed technology replacements before they are implemented in commercial nuclear control rooms. The facility is now helping Duke Energy embark on an upgrade project for several of its nuclear plant control rooms.

Funder: US Department of Energy's Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program

Student geothermal competitors tap Idaho expertise

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho's Snake River Plain was the focus of the US Department of Energy's National Geothermal Student Competition this year. Most of the eight finalist teams, which included three Idaho universities, visited Idaho and consulted with INL and Idaho experts.

New cybersecurity tool suite demonstrated this week

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new suite of cybersecurity software tools is being demonstrated at Idaho National Lab this week. The tools will help the electric utility industry protect their control system networks from cyber attack.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Idaho researcher building used nuclear fuel sensor

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Much of the 6,200 metric tons of used nuclear fuel generated by US power plants over the last 40 years is stored safely in giant stainless steel casks. Darryl Butt, a Boise State University professor, is part of a team researching whether it can be stored that way for at least 60 more.

Using equations to mine nuclear energy resources

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

INL research scientist Peter Zalupski is taking a modern approach to nuclear fuel recycling.

Reliable nuclear device to heat, power Mars Science Lab

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat and power source. The rover Curiosity's scientific instruments will get their lifeblood from a radioisotope power system assembled and tested at Idaho National Laboratory.

INL wind researchers test cool way to stretch capacity of existing power lines

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Some Idaho National Laboratory wind power researchers think we can move more electricity through the transmission lines we already have without breaking the bank.

Students design mission to Mars at Idaho Science and Aerospace Scholars academy

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory

Designing a 500-day manned mission to Mars may sound like science fiction, but 44 high school students did just that as part of the first Idaho Science and Aerospace Scholars academy this summer in Boise.

New INL invention could aid Mars probes' search for life

DOE/Idaho National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The next generation of Mars rovers could have smaller, cheaper, more robust and more sensitive life-detecting instruments, thanks to a new invention by scientists at Idaho National Laboratory. The team's Total Ion Control method is an advance in mass spectrometry that will make it easier to direct ions along specified paths. Equipment based on TIC could make the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer -- part of the 2018 ExoMars mission -- a better life-detecting tool.

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