A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor::Eielson Air Force Base will get some of its energy from a small nuclear reactor that’s scheduled to go online in 2027.

    • sorghum@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      In Germany yes? Shut down all nuclear power plants, level towns for a coal mine, right?

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      1 year ago

      The base already uses a coal/oil plant for 33 megawatts of power. The micro nuclear reactor would augment 5 megawatts to start, with expectations to expand once up and running.