Portable Nuclear Reactor Program Sparks Controversy
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 Office selected two teams in March to continue their work developing transportable nuclear microreactor p...