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Fort Bragg, 4 Other Installations in Pact for Nuclear Microreactors
The Janus Program selected five vendors to build reactors that could keep bases powered during grid outages and support future military systems.
- On Wednesday, The Army's Janus Program, in partnership with the Department of War Innovation Unit, announced a $2.2 billion award to five vendors to construct and operate nuclear microreactors at five military installations.
- Army Dan Driscoll, Secretary, stated the mandate from President Trump and Secretary Hegseth aims to secure energy resilience, allowing The Army to project combat power without relying on external grids.
- Contractors include Antares Nuclear, Inc. at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems at Fort Hood, Texas; Radian Industries, Inc. at Fort Benning, Georgia; and Westinghouse Government Services at Fort Drum, New York.
- Small modular reactors can provide up to 300 MW of clean electricity, and the technology is designed to avoid malfunction or meltdown even if left unattended, industry officials say.
- Project Janus aims to produce at least 10 reactors in under a year, building on February testing when The Army transported a microreactor from California to Utah.
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(The Center Square) - Nuclear microreactors, expected to provide a reliable source of energy independent of a commercial electric grid, will be built at five military installations from Texas to the Atlantic Seaboard, including at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Five companies can be awarded [...]
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Fort Bragg, 4 other installations in pact for nuclear microreactors
(The Center Square) – Nuclear microreactors, expected to provide a reliable source of energy independent of a commercial electric grid, will be built at five military installations from Texas to the Atlantic Seaboard, including at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
U.S. Department of Defense has launched an unprecedented strategy to ensure its energy independence on the battlefield
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