POCATELLO, Idaho, Oct. 26 -- Idaho State University issued the following news release:
If the United States wants to quadruple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, there's going to have to be a lot more advanced nuclear power plants built. Now, researchers from Idaho State University (ISU), the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and industry partners are exploring how to construct those facilities faster and without sacrificing safety.
The research team is developing a new construction technology for nuclear reactor buildings and other safety-related buildings using prefabricated wall systems called Layered Composite walls with Mechanical Connections (LC-MC). Rather than pouring a thick slab of concrete for every wall in a nuclear facility on-s...