
The Army has partnered with the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on a new effort to assess industry’s nuclear microreactor solutions, with an aim to bolster energy resilience at installations. Under the new Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI) prototype program, the Army and DIU are seeking information on industry’s ability to provide electricity generation and distribution with on-site nuclear microreactors that could be operational by 2030. “Modular advanced nuclear power is a joint and global need. DIU Energy’s effort…