This Alaskan Air Base Will Host An Experimental Mini Nuclear Reactor

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1. American Nuclear Society says it's not Project Pele.

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It’s not Project Pele: As a request for information issued by the Defense Logistics Agency Energy on behalf of the Air Force in September 2020 explained, "The Department of Defense is interested in two different concepts, and, therefore, it is important to distinguish between two distinct microreactor technology applications: fixed-site and mobile. While the DOD Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) is investigating the feasibility of mobile microreactors [through Project Pele] . . . the AF, through this RFI, is focused on the use of fixed-site applications of microreactors. The AF and the SCO will share insight gained from these initiatives, but these efforts will remain independent of each other, and there is no plan to combine efforts. The AF’s energy vision is to enhance mission assurance through energy assurance."

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https://www.ans.org/news/article-3367/microreactor-planned-for-us-air-force-base-in-alaska/

Project Pele is a mobile nuclear reactor in a shipping crate... which sounds crazy to me.

The current coal fired plant at Eielson Air Force Base has a nameplate capacity of 25 megawatts. This proposal is for a 1-5 megawatt reactor.