The Future of Nuclear Energy Will Be Decided In Idaho
An Idaho lab central to global nuclear energy has waited more than 50 years to test a new nuclear technology. An end appears in sight, even after a recent industry setback.
The US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory’s Materials & Fuels Complex lies in the barren desert of Idaho and has been described as the ‘Disneyland for nuclear energy.’
Source: Idaho National LaboratoryThe global resurgence for nuclear energy starts in the barren, high desert of Idaho.
Almost every nuclear plant in the world today can trace its lineage back to Idaho National Laboratory’s sprawling 890-square-mile (2,300-square-kilometer) complex. Researchers there were the first to generate electricity from splitting the atom back in 1951, and countless scientists have since visited the remote site to test reactor designs.