Researchers work in the Idaho National Laboratory's Hot Fuel Examination Facility. (Photo courtesy of the Idaho National Laboratory)

Idaho state leaders are in the process of selecting the members of a that Gov. Brad Little created this fall, a top-ranking state energy official in the governor’s office said.

Cally Younger, administrator of the Idaho Governor’s Office and Energy and Mineral Resources, said Little’s office hopes to notify and announce the members of the new Advanced Nuclear Energy Task Force in the coming weeks.

The task force will likely include state elected officials, leadership from Idaho National Laboratory, university or education officials, private industry representatives, a Tribal representative, local officials and other partners, Younger said.

The goal is to

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