The nuclear reactor is small enough to be fitted on a truck and can deliver power to far-off, remote places where American troops are stationed
Daily Mail: Pentagon awards $39.7million in contracts to three companies that will compete to build mobile nuclear reactors
* Pentagon awards contracts to three firms that will build reactor prototype
* Companies will compete in designing small, mobile nuclear reactors
* BWX Technologies, Westinghouse Government Services and X-energy were picked to take part in 'Project Pele,' a $39.7million investment
The Pentagon on Monday awarded contracts to three companies that will be tasked with building small, mobile nuclear reactors that will generate power for American troops stationed at home and abroad.
The Department of Defense picked three firms - BWX Technologies of Virginia; Westinghouse Government Services of Washington, DC; and X-energy of Maryland - to design a small nuclear microreactor that can be forward deployed with US forces abroad.
The three companies will compete in an engineering design competition where the prototypes will be unveiled in two years, the Pentagon announced.
BWX Technologies will be paid $13.5million; Westinghouse Government Services will receive $11.9million; and X-energy will get $14.3million - all as part of a combined $39.7million investment in ‘Project Pele.’
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Update: The U.S. is not the only country that wants small nuclear reactors .... The countries building miniature nuclear reactors (BBC).
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