US Army selects 5 companies to deploy microreactors at military installations
The $2.2B in federal funding is intended to boost the sites’ resilience and the commercial viability of next-generation nuclear power.
The US Army has selected five companies to build nuclear microreactors for five military bases as part of the Janus Program. This initiative aims to provide reliable power to key installations in the event of a grid outage or other disruptions. The five vendors chosen are Antares Nuclear, Inc., BWXT Advanced Technologies, LLC, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Radiant Industries, Inc., and Westinghouse Government Services.
Each will partner with a different base - Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Benning in Georgia, and Fort Drum in New York. The Army sees the microreactors as a potential solution to keep critical operations running off-grid during a conflict. The program seeks to ensure bases and troops can operate even if the power grid goes down due to cyberattacks, strikes, or physical disruptions.
Questions remain about the cost, viability of vendors, and how widely the Army could deploy the reactors. The Army plans to have more than 20 microreactors across Department of Defense installations by 2028.
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