As America nears its 250th birthday, Idaho National Laboratory’s new DOME facility is pushing the limits of safe, advanced nuclear research — with its first reactor set to power up on July 4. ⚛️ ...
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — December 20th, 1951, was a big day for the United States and southeast Idaho. On that day 75 years ago, EBR-1, the experimental breeder reactor at the Idaho National ...
The Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments test bed - built from the repurposed Experimental Breeder Reactor-II facility at Idaho National Laboratory - is now ready to host its first fuelled ...
(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The highly anticipated National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed is open for business. DOME, located at the Idaho ...
On December 20, 1951, atoms of uranium-235 were used to generate the electricity to light four lightbulbs in the middle of the Arco desert. It was the first time atoms had been used in this way, and ...
The DOME, constructed around Idaho’s Experimental Breeder Reactor II (EBR-II), will support future nuclear innovation.