At this week's Atlantic Council Energy and Defense Summit, I discussed how military operations are more energy-intensive than ever and threats to energy supply are becoming more complex. Nuclear microreactors will quickly become a decisive factor in military readiness. BWXT is leading the build and deployment of Project PELE, the first advanced transportable microreactor system in the United States. BWXT will deliver this system to the Idaho National Lab in 2027, load the fuel, and perform full-scale testing in 2028 – a pathfinder for the future of all advanced nuclear systems. This is so much more than your average reactor demonstration; this is an entire system demonstration at the forefront of successful power generation, with the ability to assert the United States' energy dominance!
BWXT to lead US's first advanced transportable microreactor system
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