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Idaho experts help startup harvest heat from server farms for greenhouses - Idaho National Laboratory

1 month ago | inl.gov | Joel Hiller

Data centers are one of the fastest growing areas of America’s technology sector. These massive warehouses of servers make some of today’s most important technical achievements possible, such as the expanding use of artificial intelligence applications and cryptocurrency mining. Because they use a great deal of energy, they emit a substantial amount of waste heat. But rather than let the heat – well, go to waste – what if we could use it to create new revenue streams for businesses?
TRIPWIRE: Leading the way for radiation detection

Dec 9, 2024 | inl.gov | Cory Hatch

As nations explore ways to reduce carbon emissions, nuclear energy is increasingly recognized as a safe, reliable option for coping with the increase in electricity use. Further, tomorrow’s advanced nuclear reactors are smaller and more flexible than today’s reactor fleet, which allows them to integrate more renewables with the grid, provide heat for industry, and power remote applications, such as mines and data centers.
Electric motor coach wins Department of Energy sustainability award

Oct 14, 2024 | inl.gov | Cory Hatch

Most weekdays at exactly 6:02 a.m. Idaho National Laboratory (INL) communications specialist Amy Stafford boards a motor coach at an Idaho Falls park-n-ride for the roughly 50-minute journey to INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex. “On my way to work, I’m not one of those cool people studying to be an interior designer on the side,” Stafford said. “I sleep.”The INL bus service is a popular employee benefit.
Analyst digs deeper into the garbage to reduce laboratory’s landfill emissions

Sep 9, 2024 | inl.gov | Cory Hatch

In 2021, Idaho National Laboratory committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2031. But reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions at an organization the size of INL is no easy task. The laboratory occupies a space roughly 85% the size of Rhode Island.
Fabrication underway for the MARVEL test microreactor

Jul 29, 2024 | inl.gov | Joel Hiller

There’s a 12-foot-deep pit in the floor of the Transient Reactor Test (TREAT) Facility at Idaho National Laboratory. Already home to a test reactor that puts up to 20 gigawatts of power into nuclear fuel in a short pulse to test its safety, the TREAT building is awaiting another nuclear reactor that will occupy the pit.
A smooth ride to the future of nuclear

Jul 15, 2024 | inl.gov | Joel Hiller

If you’ve ever driven to a remote area, you may have noticed that the drive time is much longer on dirt roads. But once those roads are paved, you can get where you need to go much more quickly. The path to deploying advanced nuclear reactors isn’t a straight line, but a new supercomputer named Bitterroot being installed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is helping to speed the journey through improved access to modeling and simulation tools.
Idaho’s Wireless Test Bed provides 20 years of service to the nation

Jun 13, 2024 | inl.gov | Cory Hatch

In early 2006, James Hanneman was 18 months into his first job at Idaho National Laboratory’s Wireless Test Bed when his program manager asked him to attend a trade show. With two hours’ notice, he hopped on a plane to San Jose, California, to learn about wireless “backhaul technologies” for cellular communications. INL’s test bed was undergoing a big telecom-focused upgrade at the time.
From Florida floods to Idaho desert: Understanding impacts of flood damage on vehicle batteries - Idaho National Laboratory

Apr 15, 2024 | inl.gov | Michelle Goff

Out on the INL desert Site sits an electric vehicle (EV) enthusiast’s dream: nine high-performance, battery-powered cars including four Tesla models (S, 3, X and Y); a Porsche Taycan and a Lucid Air. Each car boasts some of the most advanced EV technology available, allowing drivers to accelerate from zero to 60 mph in just a few seconds while sitting in a futuristic cocoon of touch screens and heated seats.
Ice-ly done: Veterans charity, INL employees score big on Spud Kings Night - Idaho National Laboratory

Mar 21, 2024 | inl.gov | Paul Lambert

The IDVCC is a nonprofit organization that works with INL’s National University Programs to bring veterans into the lab through the Department of Defense SkillBridge program. The organization empowers veterans to take advantage of opportunities at INL, assisting with housing and other transitional needs.
Idaho National Laboratory prepares to build its first new reactor in 50 years

Mar 11, 2024 | inl.gov | Joel Hiller

In 1951, the desert of eastern Idaho hosted Experimental Breeder Reactor-I, the first nuclear reactor to generate a usable amount of electricity. Four years later, researchers followed that success with BORAX-III, the first reactor to power an American city. The next two decades saw a flurry of research and development at that desert site — what is now known as Idaho National Laboratory, the nation’s nuclear energy research institution.