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Defense Technical Assistance - Infographic 4/24/25

Roberson, Dakota [Idaho National Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000248821102)·Huffman, Ethan M [Idaho National Laboratory]
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Defense Technical Assistance (TA) Infographic designed to inform potential pilot partnerships with military installation about the TA opportunities available. - Secure and reliable energy is crucial for the operational readiness and resilience of military installations. The Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment Office has funded a new initiative at Idaho National Laboratory to conduct technical, on-site assessments that aim to secure the power infrastructure of military bases reliant on civilian utilities for their operations, both CONUS and OCONUS. Including how the assessments work and INL capabilities, partnership model as well as outcomes.

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21 - SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS24 - POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION29 - ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY42 - ENGINEERING45 - MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE97 - MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING99 - GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUSAssessmentsConsequence-driven Cyber-informed Engineering (CCE)Critical InfrastructureDefense ResilienceDOD Pilot PartnershipsOutcomes DODPartnership ModelPower Engineeringpower infrastructure of military basesPower Quality AssessmentTechnical Assistance (TA)

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Roberson, Dakota [Idaho National Laboratory] (ORCID:0000000248821102), Huffman, Ethan M [Idaho National Laboratory]. 2025-05-05. Defense Technical Assistance - Infographic 4/24/25. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3029193

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