Pentagon looking at small mobile nuclear reactor that can be transported by C-17

The U.S. Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) has issued request for information for a small mobile nuclear reactor.

Diagram of a NuScale reactor
NuScale [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons


Information is being gathered on innovative technologies and approaches for a potential multi-phase prototype project for a small mobile nuclear reactor in support of Project Dilithium.

The reactor must generate between 1-10 MWe of power while weighing not more 40 tons so that it can be transported by a C-17 airlifter.

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