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• Idaho lab funding looking up in the Senate

  Craig's final acts on Energy & Water Appropriations bring welcome increases The Idaho Falls Post Register reports that the Senate Energy & Water Appropriations subcommittee responsible for nuclear energy R&D funding this week has given the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) something to cheer about. According to the newspaper, the Senate subcommittee funding for lab follows FY2009 funding... Posted Jul 09 2008, 10:36 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: appropriations, Larry Craig, Idaho National Laboratory

• Simpson scores huge increases for INL in House bill

  Idaho's representative on the House Appropriations Committee has good news for the site's nuclear energy and cleanup programs. Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson (right). a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced substantial increases in funding for the Idaho National Laboratory and the Idaho Cleanup Project as part of legislation funding the Department... Posted Jun 18 2008, 04:46 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho National Laboratory, Rep. Mike Simpson

• Navy nukes extend Idaho role

  A long term agreement with the U.S. Navy will keep them anchored on the Idaho desert beyond 2035 A new agreement between the State of Idaho and the  U.S. Navy settles a long-term issue for both parties, which is what happens after the current agreement is done in 2035. The answer is life goes on with the Navy continuing its operations at the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ). In 1995 a settlement... Posted Jun 08 2008, 09:24 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho National Laboratory

• How will Idaho lab build NGNP?

  Answer - two heads may be better than one The Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) is facing a formidable challenge with the release of a request for information (RFI) earlier this month by the Department of Energy (DOE). The government wants to hear from firms that think they can build the Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ) which is most likely going to be a high temperature gas cooled reactor, possibly... Posted Apr 29 2008, 10:44 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: PBMR, NGNP, Idaho National Laboratory

• Idaho lab's long range vision for NGNP

  Comes up short on cash There is great profile of the plans by the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) for the Next Generation Nuclear Plant ( NGNP ) at the Energy Central web portal. It reports that the people planning the future of nuclear energy measure time in decades and time is running short. Philip C. Hildebrandt, who is the director of the Next Generation Nuclear Project has the job to build a... Posted Apr 08 2008, 06:41 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: NGNP, next generation nuclear plant, Idaho National Laboratory

• DOE Cleanup program facing deep cuts in 2009

  Energy communities across the U.S. turn to Congress for relief A critical issue for the future of the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ) nuclear energy mission is unfolding in an area where the incumbent site contract on the R&D side of the house has little control. The issue is that advocacy for new nuclear missions for the R&D program by the State of Idaho and its voters depends very much... Posted Mar 11 2008, 09:10 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho National Laboratory, Rep. Mike Simpson, Idaho Cleanup Project

• National lab lends a hand to Idaho

  State gets help from scientist to assess new nuclear plant A top expert in nuclear energy has been dispatched to help the State of Idaho assess the impacts of a proposed new nuclear power plant in Idaho. Ralph Bennett, a scientist from the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ), is working with the State of Idaho Office of Energy Resources . According to a report in the Argus Observer, Bennett is looking... Posted Jan 25 2008, 12:23 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho National Laboratory, Payette, Midamerican, Ralph Bennett

• PBMR seeks Mitsubishi investment in new reactor

  Demonstration plants are expensive South Africa has asked for funding from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan to finance all or part of 24 small nuclear power installations, at 160 Mw each, to be built by the pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) project. They will need a lot of money because the rollout of this completely new reactor design goes far beyond building a prototype. The report was published... Posted Dec 25 2007, 05:21 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: PBMR, NGNP, Idaho National Laboratory, Mitsubishi

• INL gets good funding news for 2008

  Rep. Mike Simpson says there are challenges ahead Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson had some good news, and some practical advice, for an audience of Idaho Falls business leaders this week. Simpson said the now complete congressional appropriation process had been good for the Idaho National Laboratory ( INL ). In fact, he said, it was one of the better years for the lab, and he listed some of the funded... Posted Dec 22 2007, 11:03 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Idaho National Laboratory, Rep. Mike Simpson

• Federal Court rules no EIS needed for ATR

  Keeping the reactor running safely doesn't trigger NEPA A U.S. federal district court judge in Boise ruled against a request by Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free ( KYNF ), an anti-nuclear group, to suspend operation of INL's Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) pending preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement in connection with implementation of a Life Extension Program for the facility. The court said... Posted Oct 31 2007, 06:23 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free, Idaho National Laboratory, ATR

• Organizing the world's nuclear fuel cycle

  Sustainable energy supply requires reliable fuel and nuclear safeguards Sometimes the wizards of the nuclear world are hidden from view, and when they have organized themselves on the remote, high desert of Idaho, it seems their work might be invisible. Some light was shed on the federal government's plans for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership ( GNEP ) at the September monthly dinner meeting of... Posted Oct 13 2007, 02:14 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: GNEP, American Nuclear Society, Idaho National Laboratory, Phillip Finck