Facility Focus: Idaho National Laboratory

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-33105
Published October 01, 2018 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
Language:
  • English

In 1951, the first nuclear reactor in Idaho was built, starting a legacy at what is now Idaho National Laboratory (INL). INL is the site where 52 pioneering nuclear reactors were designed and constructed, including the first reactor to generate usable amounts of electricity. It was here that nuclear-generated electricity first powered an American community.