The nuclear energy policy proposals of the past several years can largely be characterized by a flawed philosophy whereby the U.S. taxpayer has the responsibility to support research, development, ...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded contracts to three companies to develop mobile nuclear microreactors for military applications under a Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) initiative ...

Artist’s rendering of BWXT’s Project Pele transportable reactor modules arriving for set up and operation. The Pentagon tapped Virginia-based manufacturing firm BWX Technologies LLC (BWXT) to build ...

The Pentagon said Tuesday it had begun construction of a site in Idaho where the Project Pele mobile nuclear reactor will be tested. The portable reactor is designed to be transported to remote ...

The Department of Defense’s Strategic Capabilities Office on Wednesday announced that Idaho National Laboratory has been chosen as the site to “design, build, and demonstrate a mobile microreactor” ...