Episode 67: Critical Minerals, Collaboration & Scale: An INL Perspective for Wyoming’s Energy Frontier

Episode 67: Critical Minerals, Collaboration & Scale: An INL Perspective for Wyoming’s Energy Frontier

December 17, 2025 · 43 min · Season 1 · Episode 67

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The episode features a discussion with Anthony Nickens about critical minerals research and collaboration between national labs and industry.

In this episode of Energy Frontier: The Wyoming Landscape, we sit down with Anthony Nickens, Division Director of Materials & Manufacturing at Idaho National Laboratory. We explore how INL is advancing critical minerals research, bridging the gap between lab and industry, and enabling resilient supply chains for energy and minerals security. Anthony shares lessons from national lab–university–industry collaborations, the technological frontiers in mineral separations and processing, and h...

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Organizations: Idaho National Laboratory, School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming

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