Radiant Nuclear CEO Doug Bernauer says Hill Air Force Base could be home to a portable nuclear reactor as early as 2028. The company has been working with state officials to study the feasibility of bringing small modular reactors to the military installation. Meanwhile, TerraPower has received permit approval to begin construction on its Natrium plant in Wyoming, marking a milestone for commercial-scale advanced nuclear projects.
Hill Air Force Base could receive a portable nuclear reactor to provide backup power generation as early as 2028, Radiant Nuclear CEO Doug Bernauer told KSL.com. 'Utah is a great place,' Bernauer said in a call from a large space and defense technology investor summit at the Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Beach, Florida. 'I think it's on the very short list of states that are very pro-nuclear from the top-down and bottom-up.
' The energy executive, who spent 12 years working on special projects for Elon Musk at SpaceX, the Boring Company and the Mars colony design, said he left to build Radiant 'because I couldn't find any good nuclear technology companies that could build a reactor on time and on budget.' His company has seen recent breakthroughs in funding and regulatory approvals and has been working with state representatives and officials at Hill Air Force Base to study the possibility of bringing small modular reactors to the military installation. TerraPower on Tuesday received permit approval for construction to begin on its Natrium plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, which CEO Chris Levesque called 'the first state permit ever awarded to a commercial-scale advanced nuclear project.'
NUCLEAR REACTOR HILL AIR FORCE BASE RADIANT NUCLEAR TERRAPOWER NATRIUM PLANT ADVANCED NUCLEAR ENERGY
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