While these innovative technologies are poised to address some of the nation’s biggest concerns, they also present their own unique challenges, including the need for a large and talented workforce within the construction industry.įortunately, the state of Idaho and its key nuclear players are well-equipped for this challenge. Throughout these circles, many scientists and engineers are embracing the possibilities of advanced nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors and microreactors. The Idaho National Laboratory Site Long-term Vegetation Transects: Understanding Change in Sagebrush Steppe (2013) The Idaho National Laboratory Site Long-Term Vegetation Transects: A Comprehensive Review (2010) Vegetation Community Classification and Mapping. Photo: INLĪround the world, researchers in the energy industry are engaging in the work of studying, testing, and developing carbon-free energy solutions. Completion is planned for 2026.INL will need technical, innovative, and safety-minded construction personnel for the advanced nuclear projects ahead. For more information, visit the INL website. Other project partners include DOE’s Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Pacific Northwest and Savannah River national laboratories as well as a host of industry and university partners. INL is the nations leading laboratory for nuclear energy research, development, demonstration and deployment. VTR will provide the test capability using a pool-type, sodium-cooled metal-alloy-fueled reactor technology that uses experience with similar designs in the U.S.Īrgonne leads the VTR core design and safety analysis and supports project management leadership.
This project marks the first step in paving the way for future innovative reactor designs and will help accelerate the testing of advanced nuclear fuels, materials, instrumentation and sensors. The nuclear industry has expressed interest in new advanced reactor concepts that the VTR could soon be supporting. The first such construction project in the United States in several decades, the new test nuclear reactor will enable irradiation testing at much higher neutron intensity than currently available. Idaho National Laboratory, in conjunction with Argonne and other partners, is leading the DOE’s Versatile Test Reactor ( VTR) project. The VTR will allow nuclear engineers to try out different fuels, coolants and other reactor components as they evaluate new technologies for future generations of advanced nuclear reactors. Argonne partners with Idaho laboratory to build nuclear reactor The three national laboratories take turns hosting MeV Idaho National Laboratory will host the event in 2020. national laboratories, universities, government, business and international partners.įounded in 2009, MeV is a collaboration of Argonne and DOE’s Idaho and Oak Ridge national laboratories, Idaho State University and the DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy. The MeV faculty comprise technical leaders from U.S. The event invites early-career nuclear scientists and engineers worldwide to learn about and explore the latest findings in nuclear science and engineering. Department of Energy’s ( DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and others to sponsor the Modeling, Experimentation and Validation (MeV) Summer School. Two of Idaho’s research institutes join annually with the U.S. Caption: The 2020 MeV Summer School central theme is “Risk-informed Methods and Applications in the Nuclear Energy Community.” (Image by SpaceKris/ Shutterstock.)
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