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Portable Nuclear Reactor Program Sparks Controversy EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 6/28/2021 Government Accountability Office illustration The Defense Department is working to quickly procure a small, transportable nuclear reactor that could help bring energy to remote and austere environments. However, the program has drawn criticism from nuclear nonproliferation experts for potentially causing disasters on battlefields. The Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Offic...

Mobile nuclear reactors? Scathing report slams ‘disturbing’ military program, Times, 1 May 21, Todd South The author of an academic report on Pentagon plans to build mobile nuclear reactors to power future combat bases called the effort “extremely disturbing” and “based on a lie.” The report released Thursday slams the Pentagon and Army G-4, logistics — specifically the Army office’s 2018 report that lays out the potential uses and needs for such mobile nuclear reactors in...

Mobile nuclear reactors? Scathing report slams ‘disturbing’ military program April 30 The Army is seeking to develop and field a mobile nuclear reactor to power forward operating bases. (Department of Defense) The author of an academic report on Pentagon plans to build mobile nuclear reactors to power future combat bases called the effort “extremely disturbing” and “based on a lie.” The report released Thursday slams the Pentagon and Army G-4, logistics — specifically the Ar...