Home Knowledge Base the Idaho National Laboratory

the Idaho National Laboratory

No mentions found

This entity hasn't been tracked yet, or Iris is still building its knowledge base.

Related Articles from SNS

Antares reaches reactor criticality under Trump pilot program, marking major nuclear milestone

Antares Nuclear, Inc. announced Thursday that its Mark-0 microreactor achieved criticality at Idaho National Laboratory, becoming the first advanced reactor to reach the milestone under a U.S. Department of Energy pilot program established after President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order aimed at accelerating nuclear development. The Torrance, California-based company said the reactor reached initial criticality under DOE authorization, making Antares the first private company to bring an...

Fox News Tech 2d ago

Antares reaches reactor criticality under Trump pilot program, marking major nuclear milestone

Antares Nuclear, Inc. announced Thursday that its Mark-0 microreactor achieved criticality at Idaho National Laboratory, becoming the first advanced reactor to reach the milestone under a U.S. Department of Energy pilot program established after President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order aimed at accelerating nuclear development. The Torrance, California-based company said the reactor reached initial criticality under DOE authorization, making Antares the first private company to bring an...

Fox News 2d ago

Trump pumps federal funds into coal plants in the name of energy security

The Trump Administration is using Cold War-era rules to authorize up to $500 million in funding to keep 13 coal-fired power plants going and build a coal export terminal in California. America's Department of Energy (DoE) says it is securing the funding via the Defense Production Act (DPA), which grants the president authority to use federal financial incentives to stimulate private domestic industry deemed critical to national defense. At the same time, the DoE announced that one of the...

The Register 4d ago

Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test

Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire startup ecosystem has developed around the use of different—and typically smaller—reactor designs, only one of them has been fully licensed so far, and there are no plans to actually build any instances of that design. The executive order directed the Department of Energy to have three different reactor designs reach criticality in a bit...

Ars Technica 4d ago

US nuclear start-up marks mini-reactor breakthrough

US nuclear start-up marks mini-reactor breakthrough NEW YORK: A nuclear start-up working on mini-reactors for the United States military has announced a crucial first step in producing a model that could be deployed at bases and other strategic sites within a few years. Antares said on Thursday (Jun 4) that it had achieved initial criticality for its Mark-0 prototype, meaning it triggered a controlled, self-sustaining fission chain reaction for producing electricity. It said it was the first...

Channel News Asia 5d ago

Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test

Just over a year ago, the Trump Administration issued an executive order meant to accelerate the development of nuclear power in the US. While an entire starup ecosystem has developed around the use of different—and typically smaller—reactor designs, only one of them has been fully licensed so far, and there are no plans to actually build any instances of that design. The executive order directed the Department of Energy to have three different reactor designs reach criticality in a bit over...

Ars Technica Science 4d ago

Should we store Mars samples on the moon to keep alien germs away from Earth?

Should we store Mars samples on the moon to keep alien germs away from Earth? "The moon may become humanity's first line of biological defense." A team of researchers is advocating to use the moon as a secure site for biocontainment of extraterrestrial samples, particularly those from Mars, but also from other potential worlds like Enceladus, a moon of Saturn.

Space.com 6d ago