Associate Lab Director for Nuclear Science & Technology at Idaho National Laboratory. We're changing the world's energy future by advancing nuclear energy.
Idaho Falls, ID
Joined May 2009
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It's a golden era to start a nuclear career. At @INL we're hiring engineers, research scientists, technicians, postdocs and Summer 2027 interns to test fuels and demonstrate new reactors. At #ANSWinter in Phoenix next week? Come find us at our booth.
careers.inl.gov
Nuclear energy jobs include some of the highest-paying jobs in the entire energy industry, and many don’t require an advanced degree.
Check out our breakdown of the top trends in U.S. nuclear energy jobs in 2025:
nitter.cf/GovNuclear/status/2082…
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Congratulations to @xenergynuclear, @DowNewsroom and @NRCgov! @ENERGY selected X-energy in 2020 for its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. DOE's Advanced Gas Reactor program qualified the UCO TRISO fuel the Xe-100 uses, and our Advanced Test Reactor is now irradiating their TRISO-X fuel.
✅Historic milestone! NRC issued the construction permit for Long Mott, the first high-temp gas-cooled reactor permit in ~60 years, authorizing Long Mott Energy to build four @xenergynuclear Xe-100 reactors. Thanks @RepChuck, @RepMichaelCloud & @RepAprilDelaney for joining us.
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Our FY 2026 Research Impacts report is out! This summer, @AntaresNuclear, @AaloAtomics, @DeployableE and @valaratomics reached reactor criticality under the U.S. Department of Energy (@ENERGY) Reactor Pilot Program, three of them at @INL. A few more highlights 👇
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We began the first irradiation of @xenergynuclear's pebble fuel in our Advanced Test Reactor.
With @SouthernCompany, a simpler static core cut several years from the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment's path to criticality and more than $100M from its projected costs.
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Prometheus secured a Genesis Mission Phase II award: $60M from DOE, $30M from the private sector and in-kind support from 32 partners to apply AI across the nuclear lifecycle.
Read the report for much more:
inl.gov/content/uploads/2026…
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Delivering nuclear reactors for defense energy resilience takes strong connections across @ENERGY and @DeptofWar. Key theme of our panel today at Defense Strategies Institute's Microgrids & Energy Resilience Summit in DC. Thanks to the organizers.
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Congratulations to @INL's Chandu Bolisetti, Casey Kovesdi and Daniel Murray on being named to the @ANS_org Nuclear News 40 Under 40 class of 2026. Their work spans nuclear construction costs, control room modernization for @ENERGY's LWR Sustainability program, and irradiated fuels and materials.
ans.org/news/article-8544/in…
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Outstanding progress by @NRCgov and @xenergynuclear on safety reviews for Xe-100 licensing. This is what @GovNuclear's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program was built for: moving advanced reactors from design to deployment. ⚛️
The NRC has completed its safety review for our proposed project with Dow. With both primary reviews now complete, the project advances toward construction permit approval, establishing a foundation for future Xe-100 licensing.
Read more: x-energy.com/news/nrc-comple…
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Great to be in Etna yesterday for @ARPAE's HORNIG announcement with @ConnerProchaska and Westinghouse CTO Lou Martínez Sancho. @WECNuclear has been a great collaborator since CASL. @INL is pleased to partner with them. Congratulations! ⚛️
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Great role for someone who wants to move advanced reactors from plan to test at @INL. Applications close Nov 12. ⚛️
The National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) is expanding its team and looking to hire a Technical Program Manager.
📍 Idaho Falls, Idaho - Idaho National Laboratory
🔗 Apply here: careers.inl.gov/hcmUI/Candid…
📆 Submission Deadline: Nov. 12, 2026 at 11:55 p.m.
Important historical context from this @GovNuclear post: PM-1 was one of eight Army reactors: SM-1, SM-1A, PM-1, PM-2A, PM-3A, SL-1, ML-1 and MH-1A. SL-1 and ML-1 ran in Idaho, at what is now INL. Those lessons still inform the microreactors we're testing at @INL today. ⚛️
NATION’S FIRST MICROREACTOR? This is PM-1, a 1 MWe portable reactor that powered large radars and provided space heat for the Sundance Air Force Station in Wyoming in the 1960s.
📸: @Whatisnuclear
Important historical context from this @GovNuclear post: PM-1 was one of eight Army reactors: SM-1, SM-1A, PM-1, PM-2A, PM-3A, SL-1, ML-1 and MH-1A. SL-1 and ML-1 ran in Idaho, at what is now INL. Those lessons still inform the microreactors we're testing at @INL today. ⚛️
NATION’S FIRST MICROREACTOR? This is PM-1, a 1 MWe portable reactor that powered large radars and provided space heat for the Sundance Air Force Station in Wyoming in the 1960s.
📸: @Whatisnuclear
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Magic Valley friends: tonight @INL and the Idaho Advanced Energy Consortium are hosting a free screening of The Road to Advanced Nuclear at @CSIEagles in Twin Falls. Doors 6 p.m., film at 7, panel after. A great look at the reactors being built and tested in Idaho. ⚛️🎥
🗓️ Oct. 27 | 🕕 6 p.m. |📍@CSIEagles Fine Arts Center, Twin Falls, Idaho
Join us for a free public screening of @INL's The Road to Advanced Nuclear documentary for a deep dive into the world of advanced nuclear & our role in it! ⚛️🎥
Save a seat now: eventbrite.com/e/screening-r…
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Congrats to @UWyo's Laura de Sousa Oliveira and @INL's Jackson Harter on a new @GovNuclear and EPSCoR award to use AI to better predict heat transport in nuclear fuel and help speed advanced reactor licensing!
uwyo.edu/news/2026/10/uw-led…
The @ORNL and @INL partnership through @GovNuclear's AGR program built the world's best TRISO fuel for reactor developers, powered by great researchers, HFIR, ATR, the IFEL and HFEF hot cells, and unique characterization labs. This is what national lab research looks like! ⚛️
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Impressive development! Every reactor depends on the systems that turn its heat into something useful, and steady non-nuclear testing like this is how we get to deployment. Looking forward to more @AntaresNuclear hardware coming to @INL! ⚛️
Impressive development! Every reactor depends on the systems that turn its heat into something useful, and steady non-nuclear testing like this is how we get to deployment. Looking forward to more @AntaresNuclear hardware coming to @INL! ⚛️
The core generates heat. The primary heat exchanger makes it useful. At Antares Prime, non-nuclear subsystem testing never stops.
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Great week for microreactors! The Navy selected @RadiantNuclear for a prototype at Naval Weapons Station Crane, and Fort Benning hosted the first Janus site visit for three planned Kaleidos units. Thanks @DeptofWar for backing reactor development and deployment! @Waksman84 @INL
