u/border_dad
· 5h
A $2.2 billion first wave is not a brochure. Put steel in North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, and New York.
US Army plans to build nuclear microreactors at 5 military bases in $2.2 billion program
Five bases. $2.2 billion. A reactor on a truck. September 2028 is the first light, not a brochure.
Summary
- Just the News reports the Army's Janus Program on Wednesday selected five nuclear-energy companies for $2.2 billion in combined awards to own, build, and operate microreactors at bases in North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, and New York.
- The announcement follows a Trump executive order directing the Army to have the first Army-regulated reactor operating on a military installation by September 2028.
- With expected private-sector money, the Army said it expects to build and operate more than 20 nuclear microreactors across Department of War installations.
- Microreactors are small enough to build in a factory and ship by truck or aircraft and can run without frequent refueling. The New York Times noted that while about a dozen firms are designing them, none have been built yet.
Commentary
A Fort Liberty mechanic still wipes hydraulic fluid off a knuckle and hears a diesel generator cough at 3 a.m. He already knows what happens to a post when the civilian grid dies.
That is the gap. Five states on the first list. Twenty-plus reactors on the longer list. September 2028 on the order. The honest taxpayer already paid for generators that drink fuel. The Army just bought a clock that does not.
Look every working father who still believes a base must keep the lights when the county cannot in the eye and answer this: if the first reactor slips past 2028, who still owns the next blackout?
Comments
If the first Army reactor slips past 2028, who still owns the next blackout?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I sat a blackout watch. A truck-portable reactor is how a post stays a post.
u/rule_first
· 4h
September 2028 is a date in an order. Miss it and the order becomes a presser.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Japan already runs this math. An Army-regulated first light is an allied signal, not a science fair.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Watch who cheered none built yet as if that kills the program. The first pour is the answer.
u/night_shift
· 2h
My generator drinks diesel I already paid for. Give the post a clock that does not.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A Texas base on the list is a family town with a gate. Keep the lights when the county cannot.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
Pair Janus with the grid emergency. A base that cannot be remote-killed is a deterrent.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Just the News printed $2.2 billion, five states, 20-plus reactors, and September 2028. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Pour the first pad. Hit 2028. A diesel cough at 3 a.m. is not a strategy.
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