National Energy Technology Laboratory

The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) was a division of the pre-War United States Department of Energy.

Background
The Department of Energy was a cabinet-level institution that held the utmost power regarding policies of safe handling of nuclear waste and other potentially hazardous material. One of the divisions of the agency was the National Energy Technology Laboratory, which handled the project regarding the mining of uranium ore at Blackwater Mine. Spearheaded by Dr. Phillip Cotton, the laboratory used Blackwater Mine as a test case for the automation of mining.

Appearances
The National Energy Technology Laboratory is mentioned only in Fallout 76.

Behind the scenes
The National Energy Technology Laboratory is a real division of the Department of Energy that was founded from experiments into mining, and has real locations in Morgantown and Pittsburgh.