1-Nov-2023 Pairing artificial intelligence with award-winning battery health measurement technology DOE/Idaho National Laboratory Industry needs better ways to diagnose the batteries that power these devices to ensure their safety, performance and reliability from inception to recycling.
26-Oct-2023 If you build a test facility, developers will come DOE/Idaho National Laboratory National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) is now designing and constructing two fields, in the form of nuclear testing facilities known as test beds at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
25-Oct-2023 Non-powered dams offer opportunity for clean energy DOE/Idaho National Laboratory Ninety-seven percent of U.S. dams don’t make electricity. A new tool could help tap that resource.
19-Oct-2023 Celebrating 20 years of preparing U.S., partners for radiological response DOE/Idaho National Laboratory Programmatic growth can sometimes involve seeking new customers, but this has not been the case for Idaho National Laboratory’s Nuclear/Radiological Search and Response Training (N/RSRT) program, which turns 20 this year.
16-Oct-2023 Novel framework improves resilience to extreme weather DOE/Idaho National Laboratory To reduce the human, economic and related risks of blackouts and other types of infrastructure failures, a team associated with the Emerging Energy Markets Analysis initiative, based at Idaho National Laboratory, used a novel framework for assessing critical infrastructure’s resilience.
2-Oct-2023 Future of mining is microreactors: Idaho National Laboratory sees big benefits DOE/Idaho National Laboratory Experts estimate that mining accounts for between 4% and 7% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and around 3.5% of all energy consumed.
25-Sep-2023 TETI 2.0: Understanding nuclear fuel behavior at the atomic level DOE/Idaho National Laboratory The degradation of a nuclear fuel’s thermal conductivity is a challenge for efficient nuclear energy operations, but the Center for Thermal Energy Transport under Irradiation (TETI) is helping researchers are learning that this degradation can be mitigated by designing the chemistry and structure of the fuel.
21-Aug-2023 A FORCE to be reckoned with: Computer modeling for optimal energy partnerships DOE/Idaho National Laboratory Integrating nuclear power into broader energy systems, including renewable energy sources and heat-intensive industries, could improve flexibility and unlock revenue streams for nuclear power producers.
14-Aug-2023 Watching trends: How INL Helps the NRC model risk and reliability DOE/Idaho National Laboratory Supporters of nuclear energy tout the safety and reliability of nuclear power, and data supports their claims.
31-Jul-2023 Mobile supercomputer of the future: INL researchers explore connecting data centers to microgrids, microreactors DOE/Idaho National Laboratory Roughly 30,000 data centers dot the landscape in the United States and Europe. These computer facilities serve functions as varied as modeling and simulation, cloud-based applications, artificial intelligence and weather forecasting.
