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2013-2022 TEN-YEAR SITE PLAN - Idaho National Laboratory

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1-4<br />

SECTION 1 OVERVIEW<br />

T E N - Y E A R S I T E P L A N INL<br />

Table 1-1 . <strong>Idaho</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Laboratory</strong> nuclear energy research and development core capabilities - operational, in progress, or planned .<br />

Core Capabilities/Functionality a INL Facilities b<br />

DOE NE<br />

Objectives (1-4) Other Users c<br />

1 2 3 4 NNSA Univ.<br />

Advanced Separations and Waste Forms (Hot cells and radiochemistry laboratories)<br />

Aqueous separations and pretreatment technologies RALe , RCL, FASB, CFA, BCTC l l l l l<br />

Electrochemical separations and waste form (Eng .<br />

Scale)<br />

Specialized <strong>Laboratory</strong> Facilities<br />

FCF/HFEF l l l l l<br />

Radioisotope power system assembly and test SSPSF l<br />

a. Section 1.3 provides more information about INL capabilities EML = Electron Microscopy <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />

supporting DOE-NE’s mission.<br />

EPMA = electron probe microanalyzer<br />

b. Facilities are operational and DOE-NE-owned unless<br />

FASB = Fuels and Applied Science Building<br />

otherwise identified.<br />

FCF = Fuel Conditioning Facility<br />

c. Capabilities related to fuel fabrication, irradiation, fresh FIB = focused ion beam<br />

fuel characterization, and PIE are also available to support FMF = Fuel Manufacturing Facility<br />

industry users.<br />

HEU = highly enriched uranium<br />

d. RERTR Program uses FMF for storage of LEU fuel.<br />

HFEF = Hot Fuel Examination Facility<br />

e. Request to Transfer RAL from DOE-EM to DOE-NE,<br />

IMCL = Irradiated Materials Characterization <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />

Correspondence, Hill and Clark to DOE-ID Interim Manager LEU = low-enriched uranium<br />

Miotla, March 2, 2010.<br />

NNSA = <strong>National</strong> Nuclear Security Administration<br />

AL = Analytical <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />

RAL = Remote Analytical <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />

ATR = Advanced Test Reactor<br />

RCL = Radiochemistry <strong>Laboratory</strong><br />

ATR-C = Advanced Test Reactor Critical (facility)<br />

RERTR = Reduced Enrichment Research and Test Reactors<br />

BCTC = Bonneville County Technology Center<br />

SEM = scanning electron microscope<br />

CAES = Center for Advanced Energy Studies<br />

SSPSF = Space and Security Power Systems Facility<br />

CESB = Contaminated Equipment Storage Building<br />

TEM = transmission electron microscope<br />

CFA = Central Facilities Area<br />

TREAT = Transient Reactor Experiment and Test Facility<br />

To accomplish this mission, DOE-NE identified<br />

four research objectives that it is pursuing:<br />

1. Develop technologies and other solutions that<br />

can improve reliability, sustain the safety, and<br />

extend the life of current reactors<br />

2. Develop improvements in the affordability of<br />

new reactors to enable nuclear energy to help<br />

meet the Administration’s energy security and<br />

climate change goals<br />

3. Develop sustainable nuclear fuel cycles<br />

Other<br />

Fed.<br />

4. Understand and minimize the risks of nuclear<br />

proliferation and terrorism.<br />

Intl.<br />

Coop<br />

The DOE-NE Roadmap calls for increased coupling<br />

of theory with fundamental, phenomenological<br />

testing, and modeling and simulation to<br />

accomplish DOE research objectives. Having the<br />

capability to perform the experiments necessary to<br />

explore new technologies requires that DOE-NE<br />

have access to a broad range of capabilities, from

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