Mark Peters appointed to board of IDACORP, Idaho Power By: IBR Staff February 24, 2021 Comments Off on Mark Peters appointed to board of IDACORP, Idaho Power
Mark Peters
IDACORP Inc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Mark Peters to serve on the board of directors of IDACORP and Idaho Power. He is the executive vice president for laboratory operations at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio. From 2015 through December 2020, he served as director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls and president of Battelle Energy Alliance. Prior to Battelle, he held multiple leadership positions over two decades with the Argonne National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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18 February 2021
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A near doubling in annual federal appropriated funding levels for core nuclear research and development activities is needed to ensure the commercial deployment of US advanced reactors in the 2030s, a task force commissioned by the American Nuclear Society (ANS) has concluded. The group said the additional funding will help meet the Biden Administration s climate goals.
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The ANS Task Force on Public Investment in Nuclear Research and Development brought together over 20 technical experts - from US Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories, universities, private developers, utilities, suppliers and professional divisions within ANS. The Task Force is co-chaired by Mark Peters, executive vice president for Laboratory Operations at Battelle, and Christina Back, vice president of the Nuclear Technologies and Materials Division at General Atomics.
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WANTED.A 95% HIKE IN NUCLEAR FUNDING: A second report in as many days calls for the Biden administration and Congress to make major investments into new small advanced nuclear power technologies in order to make them operational by 2030 in time to help contribute to emissions-reductions goals.
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