A US company developing a portable, mass-produced nuclear microreactor has chosen the former Manhattan Project site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee as the location to build what it says will be the first factory in the world to mass-produce nuclear power plants.
California-based Radiant said the land for the new factory, which encompasses portions of the historic K-27 and K-29 Manhattan Project sites, was bought on 13 October from the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board.
Reports said Radiant would be investing $280m (€242m) in the project.
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