The Army has identified nine installations under consideration to host microreactor power plants: Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, ...

The future of self-regulating microreactors may hinge less on artificial intelligence and more on the principles of physics. This represents a significant departure from the current trend in ...

Are microreactors the future of nuclear energy? Someday, nuclear reactors the size of shipping containers could power your hometown, but a huge number of regulatory hurdles will have to be cleared ...

The ongoing quest for sustainable and low-carbon energy solutions has led to the emergence of a number of innovative technologies. The vision of reducing carbon footprints while maintaining ...

The Army on Tuesday named nine U.S. installations that could receive nuclear microreactors in the coming years as the service looks to the technology for increased and more resilient power production ...

Surging demand for generative artificial intelligence and data centers, among other drivers, in recent years has led to a revived interest in nuclear energy. While large nuclear power plants provide ...

WASHINGTON — The Army will place commercial nuclear microreactors on some of its bases in the coming years under a private-public partnership it has dubbed the Janus Program, Army Secretary Dan ...

L to R: Dr. Jeff Waksman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment; Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll; and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright at AUSA ...

Engineer in a nuclear fusion reactor research factory. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced in June that it is moving forward to advance new uses of factory-built microreactors by ...

In contrast to other technological advances, the objective for next-generation nuclear reactors seems to be to scale down, not up—an initiative backed by the Department of Energy (DOE). Earlier this ...

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town.

Microreactors offer portable, autonomous nuclear power for towns, campuses, industry, and military bases, with lower upfront costs than traditional plants. Despite their promise, investors remain wary ...