Another US Airbase Is Getting a Nuclear Microreactor

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The Air Force announced earlier this week that Antares Nuclear had been contracted to deliver a nuclear microreactor to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.

Earlier this month, the Department of the Air Force confirmed the two future sites to be the first to receive nuclear microreactors under the Pentagon’s Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (APNI) program. The sites included Buckley Space Force Base (SFB), Colorado, and Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana.

On Wednesday, the DAF and the Defense Innovation Unit further announced that Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, would serve as the third location to site a nuclear microreactor under the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI) initiative.

“The future of air and space dominance is powered by resilient energy,” said Michael Borders, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment, in an Air Force media statement. “By integrating advanced nuclear technology, we are not just keeping the lights on; we are guaranteeing that our most critical national security missions will never be held at risk by a power outage. This is a pivotal moment for the Department of the Air Force.” 

The ANPI program has called for........

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