US Defense Department awards microreactor contracts : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News

US Defense Department awards microreactor contracts : New Nuclear - World Nuclear News: The US Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded contracts to BWX Technologies Inc, Westinghouse Government Services and X-energy LLC to each begin design work on a mobile nuclear reactor prototype. The engineering design phase of the project will last up to two years, after which one of the three teams may be selected to build and demonstrate a prototype reactor.