National labs eye cybersecurity threats to smaller nuclear reactors

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: August 24, 2026

Words: 855

Last Updated: 6 days, 16 hours ago

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As states like Utah make moves to be at the forefront of the “nuclear renaissance” race, a neighboring research lab is working on ways nuclear reactors, which are becoming smaller, can be shielded from cyberattacks with help from industry experts and academics.

The Idaho National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy nuclear research institution, is taking ideas from similar programs like the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, which may not have …

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