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Project Pele, DOD’s HTGR Mobile Nuclear Microreactor, Breaks Ground

September 25, 2024 admin bwxt technologies, citrc, dod, energy security, generation iv nuclear reactor, htgr, inl, microreactor, milestone, Military, Nuclear, power, project pele, resilience, sco, Technology, triso

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:36:44 +0000

Groundbreaking has kicked off at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where Project Pele—the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) full-scale transportable microreactor prototype—will be placed for testing in 2026. When operational, the reactor […]

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DOD Picks BWXT Design for ‘Project Pele’ Prototype Nuclear Microreactor

June 9, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, BWXT, defense microreactor, dod, engineering, Fuel, full coverage, htgr, microreactor, news, Nuclear, project pele, Research and Development, Safety, sco, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 13:10:44 +0000

The Department of Defense (DOD) has picked BWX Technologies’ (BWXT’s) microreactor design for its “Project Pele” full-scale transportable prototype. The selection closes out a much-watched contest with X-energy for the contract from the DOD’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) to build and operate what could be the nation’s first advanced microreactor. Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT will now […]

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