Idaho Test Reactor is Pivotal in U.S. Nuclear Power Strategy

Nuclear Power Industry

Keith Ridler reports that the U. S.  Idaho National laboratory is testing a nuclear reactor design that can melt uranium fuel rods in seconds is running again after a near quarter-century shutdown as U.S. officials try to revamp a fading nuclear power industry with safer fuel designs and a new generation of power plants. Officials say 10 nuclear fuel tests have gone smoothly at the Transient Reactor Test Facility at the lab in eastern Idaho since its restart late last year.

It's part of a strategy to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by increasing nuclear power initiated under the Obama administration and oddly continuing under the Trump administration. Officials say the Idaho test reactor could help develop accident-tolerant fuels and more efficient nuclear plants needed to replace aging plants that produce 20 percent of the nation's energy.

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