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