The Pentagon has announced that Idaho National Laboratory will build and initially operate a type of mobile nuclear microreactor designed to help power military and disaster relief operations.
Project Pele will be the first electricity-generating Generation IV nuclear reactor built in the US. The first such plant demonstrated in the world was the HTR-PM, a Chinese reactor, which reached first criticality in September 2021.
The US plant is designed to deliver one to five megawatts of electrical power for a minimum of three years.
Project Pele will be the first electricity-generating Generation IV nuclear reactor built in the US. The first such plant demonstrated in the world was the HTR-PM, a Chinese reactor, which reached first criticality in September 2021.
The US plant is designed to deliver one to five megawatts of electrical power for a minimum of three years.
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