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Oklo breaks ground on its first nuclear ‘powerhouse’ at INL (Idaho National Laboratory)
(www.power-eng.com)
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The INL itself is still an active nuclear research facility. The SL-1 building is just a big sheet metal shed, mostly empty now and far away from any current activity, except sheep grazing.
INL was founded as a peacetime ’sister’ to Hanford, where weapons-grade material is made. For instance, there is a surgical suite with an active reactor for boron-neutron capture therapy of certain cancers. In one form of that therapy, they remove the top of the skull and expose the brain directly to the neutron source.
Yeah, it’s a wild place.