{"id":25550,"date":"2025-10-14T17:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=25550"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:52:36","slug":"army-details-plans-to-put-nuclear-reactors-on-10-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/army-details-plans-to-put-nuclear-reactors-on-10-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Army details plans to put nuclear reactors on 10 bases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Army details plans to put nuclear reactors on 10 bases<\/a> – Story by\u00a0Patty Nieberg \u00a03 min read<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army plans to build up to 10 small nuclear reactors on bases to provide power as part of a shift away from reliance on fossil-based energy sources. Above, a shuttered nuclear power plant in Germany.\u00a9\u00a0Frank Herrmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army says it will install small nuclear reactors as power plants on 10 bases as it effort they\u2019re calling Project Janus \u2014 a name chosen for its reference to the Roman god of doorways or, more philosophically, transitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is about the transition from prototypes to fully commercial nuclear power to provide energy resilience with our soldiers,\u201d said Jeff Waksman, principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment said Tuesday at the annual conference of the Association of the U.S. Army in Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said at AUSA that nuclear power is part of the military\u2019s look at other more sustainable energy sources that can be used in a large-scale conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you think about our engagement in the conflict in the Indo-Pacific, it is not going to be like a war we\u2019ve had in the last 40 or 50 years,\u201d Driscoll said. \u201cWe are going to need energy on the actual objective. We\u2019re going to need to be able to access power like we have never needed it before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of Project Janus is to have small nuclear reactors powering parts of military installations at 10 bases in the U.S. by 2027 and 2028, Col. Marty Meiners told Task & Purpose. The Army will be putting out more information on program details in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Janus is part of a larger effort to bolster the U.S. nuclear industry. While the U.S. is still the largest producer of nuclear energy, Wright said he expects to see rapid growth in nuclear energy in the next 10 to 15 years. Related video: America’s $35 Billion New Nuclear Power Plant (MegaBuilds)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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