The Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) is located northwest of
Idaho Falls, Idaho. The NRF is a
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy production, the research and development of nuclear power, the military's nuclear w ...
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Naval Reactors
Naval Reactors (NR), which administers the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, is an umbrella term for the U.S. government office that has comprehensive responsibility for the safe and reliable operation of the United States Navy's nuclear reactors ...
facility where three nuclear propulsion prototypes
A1W,
S1W and
S5G were located. It is contractor-operated for the government by
Fluor Corporation
Fluor Corporation is an American engineering and construction firm, headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is a holding company that provides services through its subsidiaries in three main areas: oil and gas, industrial and infrastructure, government ...
through their subsidiary, Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC, which also operates
Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) is an American research and development facility based in Niskayuna, New York and dedicated to the support of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. KAPL was instituted in 1946 under a contract between ...
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From the early 1950s to the mid-1990s, NRF supported the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered fleet by testing reactor designs, receiving spent nuclear fuel for processing and storage, and training nearly 40,000 Navy personnel to operate surface and submarine nuclear power plants.
The only remaining active facility at NRF is the Expended Core Facility / Dry Storage Facility, which provides for storage of spent fuel from U.S. Naval reactors.
NRF is part of the
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is one of the national laboratories of the United States Department of Energy and is managed by the Battelle Energy Alliance. Historically, the lab has been involved with nuclear research, although the labora ...
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See also
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United States naval reactors
References
External links
About INL Facilities: Naval Reactors Facility (NRF)Expended Core Facility / Dry Storage FacilitySTR (Submarine Thermal Reactor) — Reactors Designed by Argonne National Laboratory: LWR Technology Development
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United States Navy