Pentagon is developing tiny nuclear reactors for deployed troops

Pentagon is developing tiny nuclear reactors for deployed troops: The Pentagon announced on Monday it has issued contracts to three companies for the development of a small, portable nuclear reactor. The $39.7 million in contracts were awarded to Washington, DC metro area companies BWX Technologies, Inc., which received $13.5 million; Westinghouse Government Services, which received $11.9 million, and X-energy, LLC, which received $14.3 million. A part of the Pentagon's 'Project Pele' with the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), the microreactors would be easily transportable, and could be quickly assembled and disassembled, according to a Defense Department statement. The prototype aims to generate 1-5 megawatts (MWe) at a number of Department of Defense