INL readies new Sample Preparation Laboratory

September 13, 2024, 7:01AMNuclear News
The outside of the Sample Preparation Laboratory at the Materials and Fuels Complex at Idaho National Laboratory. (Photo: INL)

Idaho National Laboratory has completed substantial construction of the first new hot cell facility at the lab site in 49 years—a Sample Preparation Laboratory (SPL) that will accelerate research, development, and qualification of structural nuclear materials for both existing and new nuclear reactors. In an announcement last week of the milestone and the ribbon-cutting ceremony held to mark it, INL said the SPL is expected to be fully operational in 2025.

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