JUST IN: @INL's Hot Fuel Examination Facility was recognized as a Nuclear Historic Landmark by @ANS_org today, highlighting its legacy and ongoing contributions to our lab's mission and the #nuclear industry. Read more ⬇️ inl.gov/news/hot-fuel-examin… #NuclearEnergy #NuclearFuel

Great day at Idaho National Laboratory, one of America’s most important centers for advancing the nuclear technologies that will power our future on Earth and in space. The progress underway on SR-1 Freedom was especially exciting to see. For more than 60 years, taxpayers have invested billions in space nuclear technology. Yet America has flown just one reactor in space, and it never left Earth orbit. We’re changing that. SR-1 Freedom is our Nautilus. Like the first ship of the Nuclear Navy, it does not need to begin as the perfect end-state system. It needs to fly, establish operating experience, and give us the foundation for increasingly capable reactors and spacecraft that follow. That progress on nuclear energy can ultimately provide dependable power for the Moon Base, enable more ambitious exploration throughout the outer solar system, and help produce the spacecraft that someday carry astronauts to Mars and bring them home safely. NASA should be working on the near-impossible capabilities others are not positioned to pursue. Nuclear power and propulsion in space belongs squarely in that category. Thank you to @GovernorLittle, @CongMikeSimpson, DOE Deputy Secretary James Danly, the entire @INL workforce, and our partners at @ENERGY for the work underway to finally get America moving on nuclear power in space. SR-1 is just the beginning. The Nuclear NASA is coming.

JUST IN: @Oklo's Groves Isotopes Test Reactor achieved criticality. Congrats!👏 @INL's role in this milestone: 🔹Conducting independent reviews of engineering calculation reports 🔹Providing radiological training 🔹Tailoring occupational, safety & health implementing procedures

After sharing #nuclear achievements & vision for the future with the press at the @INL Site today, @SecretaryWright joined INL & DOE-Idaho staff members, reactor developer leadership, and local, state, & federal stakeholders to celebrate the success. 👏   inl.gov/nuclear-energy/accel…

Every once in a while, a role comes along that is genuinely one of a kind. @INL is searching for an Associate Laboratory Director for the Advanced Test Reactor. This is that role. ATR is the coolest reactor on the planet — supporting @ENERGY, the @USNavy's @USNavyNNPP, @NASA, and the future of nuclear energy through 2085. Salary: $420K–$490K | Deadline: Aug. 1 Opportunities like this are rare – don't let it pass you by. 📧 robyn.stojakovich@inl.gov 🔗 careers.inl.gov/hcmUI/Candid… #NowHiring #NuclearEnergy #ResearchReactor #NuclearResearch

Antares Mark-0 has achieved initial criticality! ⚛️

ICYMI: @WHOSTP47 Director @mkratsios47 toured @INL exactly one year since @POTUS signed #NuclearEnergy executive orders. ⚛️ 🤝 The visit showcased our role as America's #NuclearEnergy national lab. More on our #nuclear innovation: inl.gov/nuclear-energy/