Key developments first.
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Navy OTA solicitation for contractor-owned installation energy prototypes incl. microreactors, 99.9% availability in outages.
Army/DIU solicit 3-10 MW on-site microreactors to operate by 2030.
Coverage of Army microreactor solicitation for installations.
SCO picks BWXT (~$300M) to build the Pele prototype.
DoD approves building and testing the Pele prototype at INL.
DoD announces decision to build and demonstrate Pele at Idaho National Laboratory.
Air Force picks Eielson for a commercially owned, NRC-licensed microreactor pilot.
BWXT, Westinghouse and X-energy get Project Pele design contracts.
SCO/DOE begin EIS for a 1-10 MWe HALEU TRISO prototype, citing 10 USC 2911.
DOE categorical exclusion for supporting Pele Phase I design.
SCO solicited two-phase mobile microreactor design/build, up to $45M per Phase I agreement.
SCO's Project Dilithium RFI sought a 1-10 MW mobile reactor under 40 tons.
Requires 99.9% availability for critical-mission energy loads by FY2030; Sec. 327 orders microreactor pilot study.
DSB task force recommended pursuing very small modular reactors among energy options for deployed forces.
2029 targeted for Eielson reactor.