ProgramsProgram
Project Pele
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Money named$345Mapproved or on contract, 2 figures in all
2 dollar figures
- Oct 27, 2026AntaresactionAntares Signs TRISO Fuel Agreement with BWXT, Securing Fabrication Through the End of the Decadesame Lynchburg line as Project Pele
- Oct 25, 2026FortunetalkThe U.S. military and NASA have power problems. Nuclear microreactors might solve bothProject Pele
- Oct 24, 2026Autonocion.comactionThe Navy is putting a 70-ton reactor that ships in a 35-foot container and runs five years on one load of fuel on an Indiana weapons base, its first power reactor on land since Antarctica, and the only one built is still inside an Idaho test dome
- Oct 22, 2026The Defense PostactionUS Navy Picks Radiant Microreactor to Power Indiana Base
- Oct 20, 2026Defense War RoomactionUS Navy Selects Radiant Kaleidos Microreactor to Power Naval Weapons Station Crane
- Oct 20, 2026SMRMapmain subjecttalkProject Pele (INL microreactor demonstration)Project Pele (INL microreactor demonstration)
- Oct 7, 2026Interesting Engineeringmain subjecttalkUS microreactor to test fueled transport, full power in 2027US microreactor to test fueled transport, full power in 2027
- Oct 5, 2026Alaska AItalkMore Than Three Alaskas of Power, Planned for Prudhoe Bay - Alaska AI
- Sep 10, 2026Interesting EngineeringmixedUS Navy to get first shore-based nuclear microreactor at Indiana base by 2028similar to the Department of Defense's Project Pele
- Sep 9, 2026The Herald-TimesactionCrane selected for Navy's first shore-based nuclear microreactor
- Sep 8, 2026San Diego Union-TribunetalkNuclear microreactors on Army bases? San Diego’s General Atomics is in the mix
- Sep 2026BWXTmain subjectactionProject Pele program pagePele core barrel cartridge installation complete Sept 2026; not yet shipped/fueled.
- Sep 1, 2026Military.comtalkMilitary Microreactors on Bases Could Kick-Start US Nuclear Power, Increase ReadinessProject Pele
- Aug 31, 2026Startup FortuneactionRadiant Wins 750 Million Dollar Army Deal to Power Bases With Nuclear Microreactors
- Aug 29, 2026Autonocion.commain subjectactionA 1-megawatt reactor rode a flatbed out of a Los Angeles suburb, crossed more than 1,000 miles of interstate, and now has to go critical, reach full power and run 150 hours untouched inside an 80-foot concrete dome, and it has not gone critical once
- Aug 28, 2026Carolina JournalactionFort Bragg selected to host Army nuclear microreactor
- Aug 28, 2026FOX 7 AustinactionArmy selects Central Texas military base for nuclear microreactor deploymentThe project is part of a broader Department of Defense effort to develop small, mobile nuclear reactors, including Project Pele
- Aug 27, 2026Interesting EngineeringactionNuclear power for US Army bases: Five firms picked to deliver reactors
- Aug 27, 2026San Antonio Express-NewsactionFort Hood will host one of the Army’s new nuclear microreactors
- Aug 27, 2026Clarksville Nowaction5-acre nuclear microreactor power plant to be built at Fort Campbell
- Aug 26, 2026The Killeen Daily HeraldactionFort Hood to host prototype nuclear microreactor, post announces
- Aug 26, 2026National Defense MagazineactionJUST IN: Army Awards Industry Contracts for Nuclear Microreactors Program
- Jul 24, 2026Interesting EngineeringactionUS military base to get Radiant nuclear reactor with fuel allocationRadiant nuclear reactor
- Jul 22, 2026USAspending.govactionDepartment of the Air Force awards $1.2M to INFLUIT ENERGY LLC: American-made, High Energy, Density Flow Battery With Neutral Ph Electrolytes For Tactical And Strategic Energy Resilience
- Jun 10, 2026Military.comtalkPortable Nuclear Reactors Move Closer to Powering Military Bases During Outages
- May 2026BWXTmain subjecttalkProject Pele: Marching Towards Delivery (brochure)Pele reactor and power station to ship to INL in 2027 for fueling and testing.
- Apr 29, 2026USAspending.govactionDepartment of the Army awards $6.9M to DESIGN ALASKA, INC.: Eie490 Microreactor Synchronization
- Apr 22, 2026San Antonio ReportactionAir Force selects JBSA for nuclear microreactor program
- Dec 2, 2025INLmain subjectactionINL advances Project Pele with first TRISO fuel deliveryTRISO fuel for Pele delivered to INL TREAT facility.
- Dec 2, 2025BWXTmain subjectactionBWXT Delivers Full Core of TRISO Nuclear Fuel for Project Pele MicroreactorProject Pele Microreactor
- Dec 2, 2025Idaho National Laboratory (.gov)main subjectactionINL advances Department of War’s Project Pele demonstration microreactor with first TRISO fuel deliveryINL advances Department of War’s Project Pele demonstration microreactor with first TRISO fuel delivery
- Dec 2025Nuclear Innovation AlliancetalkNew Nuclear Reactors for Military Purposes (Dec 2025)
- Nov 19, 2025NEWS10 ABCtalkArmy eyes Fort Drum for ‘microreactor’ nuclear pilot program
- Sep 11, 2025AFMCactionDAF ignites energy innovation with microreactor pilot at Eielson AFB
- Aug 14, 2025X-energyactionX-energy, U.S. Department of Defense to Advance Commercial Microreactor for National Security
- Jul 2025BWXTmain subjectactionProject Pele Begins Taking Shape with Start of Core ManufacturingProject Pele Begins Taking Shape with Start of Core Manufacturing
- Jun 16, 2025ANS Nuclear NewswireactionAir Force issues notice to partner with Oklo on microreactor deployment in Alaska
- Jun 12, 2025Air & Space Forces MagazineactionAir Force Moves Ahead with Military’s First MicroreactorThe Air Force is moving forward with plans to build the military’s first microreactor at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, under the Department of Defense’s Project Pele.
- Jun 11, 2025ReutersactionOklo moves closer to nuclear power deal with US Air Force
- 2025U.S. Air ForcetalkMicroreactor pilot reaches major project milestone (Eielson)
- 2025Eielson AFBtalkEielson Microreactor
- Jun 2022BWXTmain subjectactionBWXT to Build First Advanced Microreactor in United StatesSCO picks BWXT (~$300M) to build the Pele prototype.
- Apr 15, 2022Federal Registermain subjectactionRecord of Decision: Prototype Mobile Microreactor EISDoD approves building and testing the Pele prototype at INL.
- Apr 13, 2022U.S. Department of Defensemain subjectactionDoD to Build Project Pele Mobile Microreactor and Perform Demonstration at INLDoD announces decision to build and demonstrate Pele at Idaho National Laboratory.
- Oct 18, 2021INDOPACOM / SAF/IEactionEielson AFB Announced as Site for Air Force Micro-Reactor Pilot
- Mar 9, 2020U.S. Department of Warmain subjectactionDOD Awards Contracts for Development of a Mobile MicroreactorBWXT, Westinghouse and X-energy get Project Pele design contracts.
- Feb 28, 2020Federal Registermain subjectactionNOI to prepare EIS for prototype advanced mobile nuclear microreactorSCO/DOE begin EIS for a 1-10 MWe HALEU TRISO prototype
- Sep 11, 2019DOEmain subjectactionCX-020778: DOE support of SCO Project PeleDOE support of SCO Project Pele
- Apr 29, 2019OSD SCO via GovTribemain subjectactionPele Program Request for SolutionsPele Program Request for Solutions
- Date unknownFairbanks Daily News-Minertalk2029 eyed for Eielson nuclear reactor