House adds $50M for mobile microreactor project to build, fuel prototype

By Jason Sherman / July 16, 2020 at 3:56 PM
Lawmakers are looking to add $50 million to the fiscal year 2021 defense budget to further development of a prototype "micro" nuclear reactor capable of generating up to 10 megawatts of electricity, a potential capability that could give the U.S. military -- one of the largest energy consumers in the world -- a revolutionary new way to power installations and possibly more. The House Appropriations Committee in its mark of the FY-21 defense spending bill would add $40 million for...

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