Idaho National Laboratory

Extracted Attributes

• Area

  890 square miles (2,310 km2)

• Type

  U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory, Research Institute

• Address

  1955 N. Fremont Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83415, United States

• Location

  Eastern Idaho, United States (between Arco, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot; Atomic City to its south)

• Employees

  Approximately 4,000 people

• Managed By

  Battelle Energy Alliance

• Coordinates

  43.533333333, -112.944722222

• Parent Department

  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• Primary Research Areas

  Nuclear Energy, Integrated Energy, National & Homeland Security, Cybersecurity

• Historical Significance

  Site of world's first usable electricity from nuclear power, power plant for world's first nuclear submarine

• Number of Reactors Hosted

  Over 50 (many now decommissioned)

Timeline

• Established as the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS) by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. (Source: Wikidata, web_search_results)

  1949-01-01

• Renamed Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). (Source: web_search_results)

  1974-XX-XX

• Renamed Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). (Source: web_search_results)

  1997-XX-XX

• Battelle Energy Alliance took over operation from Bechtel, merged with Argonne National Laboratory-West, and the facility name was changed to Idaho National Laboratory (INL). (Source: web_search_results)

  2005-02-01

• Celebrates its 75th anniversary. (Source: web_search_results)

  2024-XX-XX

• Identified as the site for a key demonstration project for next-generation Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). (Source: Summary, related_documents)

  XXXX-XX-XX

• Chosen by the DOE for a demonstration project to validate an innovative long-duration energy storage system developed by CMBlu Energy, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory. (Source: web_search_results)

  XXXX-XX-XX

• Proposed as a site for rapid AI Data Center construction, leveraging land at national laboratories. (Source: Summary, related_documents)

  XXXX-XX-XX

Web Search Results

• Celebrating 75 years of science and innovation at INL

  Throughout 2024, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will celebrate its 75 th anniversary. Established in 1949 by the United States Atomic Energy Commission as the National Reactor Testing Station, researchers at the Idaho site have conducted groundbreaking science and technologies that have powered American prosperity while ensuring national security and environmental stewardship. INL, and the many people who have worked at the laboratory, have made the world a better place. [...] Battelle Energy Alliance manages INL for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy DOE Office of Nuclear Energy DOE Idaho Operations Office Battelle FacebookX-twitterYoutubeInstagramLinkedinPinterestFlickr Idaho National Laboratory 1955 N. Fremont Ave. Idaho Falls, ID 83415 866-495-7440 Privacy and Accessibility Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Equal Opportunity Employer Privacy and Accessibility Vulnerability Disclosure Policy [...] In recent decades, INL has led research and development efforts to protect our nation’s most critical assets from cyber and physical threats, and cybersecurity remains a rapidly growing area of work at the laboratory. It’s been an incredible 75 years at the Idaho site, the product of partnerships that are only possible when Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs come together in a common cause to achieve important outcomes on behalf of our nation.

• Idaho National Laboratory - Wikipedia

  On February 1, 2005, Battelle Energy Alliance took over operation of the lab from Bechtel, merged with Argonne National Laboratory-West, and the facility name was changed to "Idaho National Laboratory" (INL). At this time the site's clean-up activities were moved to a separate contract, the Idaho Cleanup Project, which is currently managed by the Idaho Environmental Coalition, LLC. Research activities were consolidated in the newly named Idaho National Laboratory. [...] In 1949, the federal research facility was established as the National Reactor Testing Station (NRTS). In 1975, the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was divided into the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Idaho site was renamed the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) in 1974. After two decades as INEL, the name was changed again to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) in 1997. [...] This is a partnership between INL and Idaho's three public research universities—Idaho State University, University of Idaho, and Boise State University. Its researchers, who have access to each partner institution's equipment and infrastructure, have competed for and won millions of dollars in national funding for their projects. The center's laboratories are equipped with research instruments and tools, including a Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) and a Computer Assisted Virtual Environment

• News - Idaho National Laboratory

  ### Integrated Energy NHS thumb ### National Security ## Videos ### Idaho National Laboratory Overview INL is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) national laboratories. The laboratory performs work in each of DOE’s strategic goal areas: energy, national security, science and environment. INL is the nation’s leading center for nuclear energy research and development. ### Nuclear Legacy and Future INL’s Experimental Breeder Reactor-I reaches its 70th anniversary. [...] The line between fact and fiction is often blurred when historical events are dramatized. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), the nation’s nuclear energy research laboratory, employs numerous experts with extensive knowledge of what happened, why and what the industry learned. In fact, the laboratory played a role in the analysis of what happened within the damaged reactor’s core. ## Factsheets 2050423_Banner_3 ### INL Overview Nuclear-Energy-ra ### Nuclear Energy EEST_P-11197-24-1-small [...] ## Facilities & Contractors Map ### MEDIA AND PUBLIC RESOURCES U.S. Department of Energy Battelle Energy Alliance manages INL for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy Idaho National Laboratory 1955 N. Fremont Ave. Idaho Falls, ID 83415 866-495-7440 ###### RESEARCH AREAS ABOUT US PARTNERSHIPS CAREERS NEWSROOM Copyright © 2025 Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory Processing, please wait…

• Idaho | Argonne National Laboratory

  The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), along with DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory,was chosen by the agency for a demonstration project to validate an innovative long-duration energy storage system developed by battery manufacturer CMBlu Energy. The collaborative project aims to improve microgrids in cold climates and make fast charging of electric vehicles more affordable in underserved communities.

• Research Programs - Idaho National Laboratory

  FacebookX-twitterYoutubeInstagramLinkedinPinterestFlickr Idaho National Laboratory 1955 N. Fremont Ave. Idaho Falls, ID 83415 866-495-7440 Privacy and Accessibility Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Equal Opportunity Employer Privacy and Accessibility Vulnerability Disclosure Policy ###### RESEARCH AREAS Nuclear Energy Integrated Energy National & Homeland Security [...] Home About ABOUT INL Contact Information Vision and Leadership Impacts Fact Sheets History Science & Technology Overview Laboratory Directed Research and Development FAQs The Top 20 Questions About Idaho National Laboratory BUS OPERATIONS FACILITIES User Facilities VISITORS Tours EBR-I Atomic Museum ENVIRONMENTAL Environmental Policy Sustainable INL

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• Country

  United States

• Located In

  Idaho Falls

• Instance Of

  Q31855

• Coordinates

  Lat: 43.533333333, Lon: -112.944722222

• Inception Date

  1/1/1949

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is one of the national laboratories of the United States Department of Energy and is managed by the Battelle Energy Alliance. While the laboratory does other research, historically it has been involved with nuclear research. Much of current knowledge about how nuclear reactors behave and misbehave was discovered at what is now Idaho National Laboratory. John Grossenbacher, former INL director, said, "The history of nuclear energy for peaceful application has principally been written in Idaho". Various organizations have built more than 50 reactors at what is commonly called "the Site", including the ones that gave the world its first usable amount of electricity from nuclear power and the power plant for the world's first nuclear submarine. Although many are now decommissioned, these facilities are the largest concentration of reactors in the world. It is on a 890-square-mile (2,310 km2) complex in the high desert of eastern Idaho, between Arco to the west and Idaho Falls and Blackfoot to the east. Atomic City, Idaho is just south. The laboratory employs approximately 4,000 people.