2023 Video - Idaho's Nuclear Navy

IDAHO EXPERIENCE Preview of "Idaho's Nuclear Navy" Season 7 Episode 2

The documentary highlights the history of the U.S. Navy’s first naval nuclear propulsion plant prototypes that were located at the Naval Reactors Facility on the Idaho National Laboratory. The engineering efforts for, operation of, and training within NRF’s three prototypes supported the mission of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program to provide militarily effective nuclear propulsion plants and ensure their safe, reliable, and long-lived operation. In total, nearly 40,000 nuclear operators were trained at NRF from 1953 to 1995.

Admiral Caldwell participated in the premier showing on Nov 20, 2023 at Colonial Theater in Idaho Falls, IA. An estimated 1,000 people attended the sold-out documentary premier, including the Mayor of Idaho Falls, Congressional staff members, elected officials from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, former Idaho governor Dirk Kempthorne, and several Idaho state legislators. The public event was kicked off with an invocation by the Honorable Lee Juan Tyler, Chairman, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fort Hall Business Council, and included remarks from Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper, Idaho State Historic Preservation Officer Janet Gallimore, and Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Director Adm. Frank Caldwell. Idaho Public Television General Manager Jeff Tucker introduced the documentary.

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