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• UK magazine relaunches reactor wallcharts

  Idaho National Laboratory played a key role in bringing them back to life Nuclear Engineering International magazine is republishing the 105 reactor cutaway diagrams that it has produced over its 54-year history. Most of the diagrams, covering every major type of technology, including PWRs, BWRs, PHWRs, FBRs, HTGRs, Magnox and others, have been out of print for decades. The archives, which runs from... Posted Mar 09 2010, 11:08 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: nuclear, Idaho National Laboratory, INL, reactor design, reactor

• New funding, honors, at Idaho nuclear lab

  Rep. Mike Simpson brings sustained funding for key nuclear energy R&D programs Funding in the next federal government fiscal year (2010) for the  Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) will take a jump thanks to the legislative accomplishments of Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) (right).  Simpson's district, which stretches across southeastern Idaho, includes the lab and almost all of its employees... Posted Oct 11 2009, 05:07 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho National Laboratory, INL, r&d, idaho nuclear lab, Mike Simpson, fiscal year

• DOE A/Sec Nuclear visits INL

  Warren “Pete” Miller comes to Idaho Falls DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Warren "Pete" Miller (right) was in Idaho Falls Sept 22 and told a news conference he is "pro-nuclear."  "Every interaction I've had in the (Obama) administration, at every level, has been very encouraging to me and supportive of nuclear energy." That's a good start for an... Posted Sep 26 2009, 11:23 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory, INL, DOE, assistant secretary of energy, miller

• GE-Hitachi briefs Congress on Prism reactor

  Objective is to turn spent nuclear fuel into an asset PRISM is GE’s proprietary name for the Integral Fast Reactor , a design that was developed in Idaho by the nuclear scientists at Argonne West (ANL-W), a field office for Argonne National Laboratory located on the Arco desert 26 miles west of Idaho Falls, ID.  In 2005 ANL-W was merged with the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) There has been... Posted Jun 28 2009, 11:31 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: INL, GE Hitachi, GEH

• Energy Secretary guessing game

  Everyone's got a favorite.  What does it mean for Idaho? Over at the Idaho Statesman reporter Rocky Barker (right) has some keen insights and ideas about who would be the next Secretary of Energy and what it would mean for the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ).  This is always a subject fraught with tension because so much of the lab's funding comes directly from the Department of... Posted Nov 16 2008, 10:39 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: INL, Energy Secretary

• U. Wisc. Todd Allen is new ATR Science Director

  Materials expert is first scientific director of the nuclear research facility Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) has selected University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear fuels and materials expert Todd Allen to lead its newly created Advanced Test Reactor ( ATR ) National Scientific User Facility. ( video ) "The ATR is the country's most capable research reactor for doing nuclear fuel and materials... Posted Mar 02 2008, 11:17 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: ATR, INL, Todd Allen

• Idaho lab, EPRI craft new LWR reactor strategy

  When you hear hoof beats think horses not zebras Hat tip to David Dalton at NucNet Two nuclear R&D giants got together last week and announced the nuclear industry and the US government should establish a new cost-sharing partnership for research and development into new generation light water nuclear (LWR) reactors. The Electric Power Research Institute ( EPRI ) and the US Department of Energy... Posted Feb 10 2008, 10:51 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NEI, INL, EPRI