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8-Aug-2013
Virtual control room helps nuclear operators, industry
DOE/Idaho National LaboratoryPeer-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.
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- US Department of Energy's Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program
25-Sep-2012
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.
30-Aug-2012
New cybersecurity tool suite demonstrated this week
DOE/Idaho National LaboratoryBusiness 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.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
12-Jul-2012
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.
28-Mar-2012
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.
21-Nov-2011
Reliable nuclear device to heat, power Mars Science Lab
DOE/Idaho National LaboratoryPeer-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.
21-Mar-2011
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.
11-Nov-2010
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.
24-May-2010
New INL invention could aid Mars probes' search for life
DOE/Idaho National LaboratoryPeer-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.