Sustainable Idaho: Idaho National Laboratory High Burnup Research Cask

On today’s episode, Madison talks with Christian Natoni, the Deputy Manager for Facilities Programs and Partnerships with the Department of Energy Idaho Operations Office at the Idaho National Laboratory. This is the first part of a two-part series focusing on the future shipment of a high burnup nuclear fuel cask, which is also referred to as a spent uranium cask, from the North Anna Nuclear Power Generating Station in Virginia to INL. These shipments are part of the recent waiver of the 1995 Idaho Settlement Agreement which aimed to manage nuclear waste in Idaho and establish terms for nuclear waste disposal. INL’s research will evaluate the performance of long-term dry storage on the spent nuclear fuel. If you’re interested in learning more about the North Anna shipment, view https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/inside-one-nations-biggest-research-projects-spent-nuclear-fuel. If you want to learn about INL’s spent nuclear waste and nuclear energy research as a whole, visit inl.gov/nuclearenergy.