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Specifically, the agreement has the Energy Department using one of the reactors for research and development, and another for power needed by the Idaho National Laboratory.

Rick Perry isn’t going to have many speed bumps on his way to confirmation as America’s next Energy Secretary.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Navy and U.S. Department of Energy have announced that they'll build a $1.65 billion facility at a nuclear site in eastern Idaho that will handle fuel waste from the nation's fleet of nuclear-powered warships.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Navy and U.S. Department of Energy want to build a $1.6 billion facility at a nuclear site in eastern Idaho that would handle fuel waste from the nation's fleet of nuclear-powered warships through at least 2060.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy says workers have successfully removed and packaged about 10,000 cubic yards of exhumed hazardous and radioactive waste stored for decades at the department's 890-square-mile site in eastern Idaho.