Army Selects 5 Vendors, 5 Sites for Janus Program
Army expects at least one reactor operating by 2028 deadline.
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Army expects at least one reactor operating by 2028 deadline.
WNN on Janus vendor selection.
Details of Janus reactor designs (Antares R1, GA-TES, eVinci, Kaleidos, BANR).
Contract FA864925P0407 from Department of the Air Force to NANO NUCLEAR ENERGY INC. for $1,248,598. Description: SECURE POWER FOR AIR FORCE INSTALLATION ENERGY RESILIENCE. Period starts 2025-08-29.
Pele reactor and power station to ship to INL in 2027 for fueling and testing.
Contract W911KB26FA044 from Department of the Army to DESIGN ALASKA, INC. for $6,940,788. Description: EIE490 MICROREACTOR SYNCHRONIZATION. Period starts 2026-04-29.
ANPI pairs Radiant-Buckley SFB, Westinghouse-Malmstrom AFB, Antares-JBSA; goal one reactor by 2030.
Buckley and Malmstrom chosen as first ANPI microreactor sites.
Oklo says Eielson site characterization underway, drilling late 2026.
FY27 NDAA Sec. 315 Operational Energy Deployable Nuclear Power Program (<=50 MW) in INDOPACOM.
House FY27 NDAA includes Sec. 315 transportable microreactor deployment in INDOPACOM by Jan 1, 2030 and Sec. 2402 ERCIP projects.
Full Pele core of TRISO fuel at INL; formal testing as early as 2027.
TRISO fuel for Pele delivered to INL TREAT facility.