U.S. Army finished dismantling Cold War nuclear plant
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has finished dismantling the SM-1 nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the Armyβs first nuclear reactor and the first facility in the country to send nuclear-generated electricity into the commercial power grid. The Corpsβ Baltimore District completed the last field work this year, closing out a project that [β¦]
The U.S. Army has selected Fort Benning, Georgia, as one of five military bases that will host nuclear microreactors under a new Pentagon energy resilience initiative called the Janus Program, Army officials announced August 26, 2026. Fort Benning will pair with California-based Radiant Industries to install three of the companyβs one-megawatt Kaleidos microreactors, adding a [β¦]