microreactor

A microreactor is a small, portable nuclear fission reactor designed to generate electricity and heat for military bases and other remote locations.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news because the US Army is actively selecting companies and planning to deploy these reactors at military installations across the country.

Latest on microreactor

• Why the Pentagon picked an Indiana Navy base to host a nuclear microreactor
• Why the Army wants to deploy nuclear microreactors on US bases
• 5 key questions the Army is still working out for its nuclear microreactor plan
• US Army selects 5 companies to deploy microreactors at military installations
• Army taps 5 vendors to move forward with nuclear microreactor prototypes
• Army selects 5 companies to build nuclear microreactors on bases, under new $2 billion deal
• The partnership aims to conserve water typically used in conventional data center cooling systems.
• Nvidia's first nuclear-powered data center solved the energy problem without solving what happens when the chip fails inside a reactor's security perimeter.

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