Idaho National Laboratory

Well, Kevin Miller, you know, when you do this, you know, we don't want anything.

Well, I wish everybody felt that way, but the entitlement programs continue when we're talking about funding, whether it's INL, Gowan Field, Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Remember, they've tried to close Gowan Field before.

Mike Simpson, even though it's not in his district, worked with Congressman Fulcher and then Congressman Labrador to keep it going.

So what do you make of the water? Now Channel 7 has picked up your story that you talked about from the Capital Sun.

It's the largest news story in Idaho that will carry on for anywhere from, I don't know, it could go on for a couple of years, but, you know, it's not just the water.

It is also about the INL project itself to expand nuclear power nuclear experimentation and where the rubber meets the road is we have we have nuclear waste we've had nuclear waste issues in idaho since the 50s and um governor phil batts negotiated with the federal government to clean up that waste we got to have it cleaned up by 2030 and now we're gonna we're just gonna expand and put some more waste in um i'm i'm ex of all the people that I think has the cards to fight this.

It's Raul.

Sure.

I think if you go and look at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, not out on the side, but you can go out there too, where you see the real difference is it used to be a field and now it's buildings that I've advocated for and research buildings and so forth.

That is amazing.

The INL is growing very, very rapidly.

They're trying out new nuclear energy production technologies.

We have another partnership with Allo that we announced recently where we're trying to bring to life the first SMR-powered AI factory at the Idaho National Lab.

We've done stuff with behind-the-meter wind, with behind-the-meter gas, with behind-the-meter electricity.

solar with batteries.

In Idaho, a high state's legal dispute over water management erupted between the federal government and state regulators.

Yesterday, judicial reporting from Big Country News confirms the U.S. Department of Energy filed a federal lawsuit to block Idaho from curtailing water use at the Idaho National Laboratory.

Federal attorneys argue state water shutoffs create serious nuclear safety risk and threaten vital advanced reactor research.

Consumer protection detectives in southwestern Idaho have taken a home improvement contractor into custody.

In Idaho, a high-stakes legal dispute over water management erupted between the federal government and state regulators.

Yesterday, judicial reporting from Big Country News confirms the U.S. Department of Energy filed a federal lawsuit to block Idaho from curtailing water use at the Idaho National Laboratory.

Federal attorneys argue state water shutoffs create serious nuclear safety risk and threaten vital advanced reactor research.

Consumer protection detectives in southwestern Idaho have taken a home improvement contractor into custody.

Um, It's a pretty big news story that just popped out yesterday via the Idaho Capitol Sun that it raised a hair on the back of my neck.

Apparently, per the article, the federal government is suing the Idaho Department of Water Resources in regards to water rights regarding the Idaho National Laboratory for Essentially, the Idaho Department of Water Resources manages all water rights and how they're being administered.

And the laws in Idaho are fairly simple.

They're a seniority-based water rights scenario where if you have the senior right, well, that's your water.

A hearing on the preliminary injunction request is set for tomorrow at 1.30 p.m. before District 3 Judge Davis VanderVelt.

The Trump administration is suing Idaho over water curtailment at the Idaho National Laboratory in East Idaho.

The Idaho Capital Sun reports the lawsuit was filed September 11th this year, arguing the federal government has supremacy over the state and a water curtailment order, which would apply to INL, should be thrown out.

And it's asking the court to block the state from administering any federal water rights in Idaho in the future.