Idaho Reports initially planned to interview John Kotek for about 15 minutes for our October 16 show. But Kotek — Acting Assistant Deputy for the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, and the Obama administration’s nominee to take over full time in that position — had more interesting things to say than we could fit in that segment.

So once again, here’s a web extra to supplement the show. And if you didn’t see Friday’s episode, here’s a link to check it out. It focuses on the future of INL with input from Congressman Mike Simpson, Sen. James Risch, Sen. Mike Crapo, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, former Sen. Larry Craig, and former Gov. Cecil Andrus