NUCLEAR PROGRAMS

Nuclear Programs

Fellowships and

Postdoctoral Internships

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Considering a nuclear

energy-related

career? The Idaho

National Laboratory maintains a full spectrum of

research, development and

testing activities in areas as

diverse as nuclear power

systems, low-energy nuclear

physics, system safety

analysis and neutron

capture therapy.

As the nation’s leading center

of nuclear energy research

and development, the INL is

addressing national nuclear

research priorities with the

following programs.

Generation IV Nuclear

Energy Systems (Gen IV)

Six reactor designs for nextgeneration nuclear power

technologies raise the

performance bar by attempting to couple power

generation with hydrogen

production, developing

innovative fuel systems,

achieving very high thermal

efficiencies, and incorporate

nearly 100 percent passive

safety systems.

Advanced Fuel Cycle – This

program is focused on the

development of new technologies that provide timely

resolution of issues related to

spent nuclear fuel disposition.

Fusion Safety – This program

characterizes and assesses the

safety and environmental

issues associated with magnetic and inertial fusion.

Currently, the program

involves tritium permeation,

molten salt mobilization and

dust mobilization. Future

The INL maintains a full spectrum of research,

development and testing efforts in areas as

diverse as nuclear power systems, low-energy

nuclear physics, system safety analysis,

neutron capture therapy and ceramic

durability tests.

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activities include participation

in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

The INL is one of the

Department of Energy’s nine

multiprogram national

laboratories and performs

work in all four DOE business lines – energy resources,

national security, environmental quality and science.

Fellowship Programs

The fellowship programs

provide opportunities for

undergraduate and graduate

students and faculty to

experience an R&D environment at a world-class

national lab. All fellowship

participants are required to

carry their own health

insurance and must be U.S.

citizens or be a lawful

Permanent Resident.

Requirements for student

fellowship programs include:

• Full-time enrollment at an

accredited college or

university

• Minimum cumulative

GPA of 3.0

Graduate Fellowship

Graduate fellowships offer

full- or part-time research

experience at the INL or on

the campus of a college or

university. Full-time fellowship stipends at the INL

begin at $600/week for those

pursuing a master’s degree

and $700/week for those

pursuing a doctorate. Stipends vary according to the

university standard if located

at the university. Fellowyear at the time of the

fellowship.

Faculty Fellowship

Faculty fellowships offer fullor part-time research experience at the INL, or on the

campus of a college or

university. Faculty should

have an established collaborative relationship with an INL

principal investigator. Selection for a fellowship is based

on qualifications, strength of

a research proposal, and

funding availability. Fellowship recipients must have fulltime college or university

faculty status with instructional or research responsibilities. Sabbaticals at the

INL are encouraged.

Visit our Fellowhip Programs

website at: http:/www.inl.gov/

education

Postgraduate Internship

Programs

The focus of the Postgraduate Internship Program is on

postdoctoral interns. The

Postdoctoral Internship

Program offers appointments

at the INL in the recipient’s

area of research expertise.

Appointments are renewable,

based on performance and

available funding, for up to

three years. Salaries range

from $3,600 to $6,000

monthly, depending on

experience. In addition to

postdoctoral interns, graduates who have completed all

institutional requirements for

a master’s or bachelor’s

degree within the past 12

months from an accredited

college or university may

apply to work with the INL’s

highly trained scientists,

researchers, and administrators under the postgraduate

program.

The International Research

Associate Program was

created so that faculty,

scientists and students who

are not citizens or permanent

residents of the United States

can come to the INL and

collaborate with its employees under any of the programs

described in this fact sheet.

INL postgraduate interns

are given faculty status by

Washington State University (WSU), under contract

with IINL to administer this

program.

Visit our Postgraduate

Internship Programs website

at: www.inel.asp.wsu.edu

Sponsored by the

U.S. Department of Energy

ships are renewable for up to

three years. Requirements

include acceptance into a

master’s and/or doctoral

program at an accredited

college or university.

Undergraduate Fellowships

The undergraduate summer

fellowship program offers

10 to 16 weeks of full-time

summer research experience

at the INL with an INL

mentor or on a college or

university campus under the

supervision of a faculty

researcher. Stipends start at

$400/week if located at the

INL. Academic semester

fellowships offer a 15-week

minimum, research experience at the INL, or at the

student’s college or university. Recipients must have

completed their freshman

Under the guidance of an INL scientist, students prepare and give

presentations and study exciting programs.