Idaho National Laboratory is looking for ideas that can help it reduce its energy-related emissions using nuclear-generated electricity and heat as it strives to meet its net zero goal across the entire 2,300 sq km laboratory site by the beginning of the next decade.
Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), the contractor that manages and operates INL, has issued a request for information that will be used to inform several alternative approaches, including design, construction and operation of an onsite nuclear reactor that will help the lab achieve zero carbon emissions by 2031.
BEA is requesting input as it plans for the nuclear energy component of its net-zero programme.
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