Idaho

Nuclear Fuel

BWXT Wins Contract to Expand TRISO Production

Idaho National Laboratory has awarded BWX Technologies Inc a USD26 million, 20-month contract to expand and upgrade its manufacturing line for TRISO nuclear fue…

Temperature Tracing – Important Element to Sustainable Use of Geothermal Resources

There are challenges holding geothermal energy development back, as described in a recent article shared on the website of the Idaho National Laboratory.

Inside Idaho’s Long Legislative Battle Over Climate Change Education

What schools should teach kids about climate change — or whether to teach it at all — has become hotly disputed in at least a dozen states. But rarely has tha…

Nuclear Power Plant

New Techniques Used in US Legacy Reactor Decommissioning

US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) contractors have used new techniques, including the use of a diamond wire saw, in a collaborativ…

U.S. Nuclear Utilities to Begin Making Carbon-Free Hydrogen for Commercial Use

Three nuclear utilities have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to partner with the Idaho National Laboratory to begin making hydrogen for com…

Clean Coal

Idaho Utility Spurns Coal, Pledges 100 Percent 'Clean' Energy By 2045

Idaho Power says it already gets nearly half its energy from hydroelectric dams such as the Swan Falls Dam on the Snake River, just south of Boise. The utility …