Louisiana looks to Idaho National Laboratory for a nuclear strategy

Louisiana leaders are working with Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Frontiers Initiative to help the state become a national leader in advanced nuclear energy, INL announced. INL experts will help the state develop a strategic plan to use nuclear energy to power its manufacturing sector and support growing grid-scale electrical demands.

This spring, Entergy Louisiana formally notified the Louisiana Public Service Commission of its plan to take initial steps to advance new nuclear technologies in the form of nuclear batteries, microreactors and small modular reactors. This announcement followed a meeting the Frontiers Initiative organized with industry, government and the PSC. Read more.