NIFTY: Army awards $2.2B in contracts for nuclear microreactors.

The initiative, dubbed Project Janus, looks to achieve greater energy independence so critical military missions can continue if the commercial electrical grid fails.

“Everything that we do, from communications to radar, just requires constant energy,” Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, told reporters Wednesday. “As we start to think about where things are going in the future with drones, with energy weapons, there’s just more and more demand for electricity.”

Nuclear energy is a “natural game-changer” for the Army, he added.

My offer to host a microreactor in my backyard to power the neighborhood remains open.