The U.S. Is Testing Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Can Go Practically Anywhere

pmbug · Jul 12, 2025

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Earlier this month, the DOE announced a conditional agreement made with private firms Westinghouse and Radiant to conduct the first reactor tests at its Demonstration on Microreactor Experiment (DOME) facility, located at Idaho National Laboratory.

These experiments, featuring two trailer-sized microreactors, will be “the first of their kind in the world” ...

The U.S. Is Testing Tiny Nuclear Reactors That Can Go Practically Anywhere

Compact, energy-efficient microreactors could soon help generate electricity for remote locations.

gizmodo.com

Trailer sized, eh? Timothy McVeigh approved.

nickndfl · Jul 14, 2025

There is a butt joke here somewhere?

Viking · Jul 15, 2025

I already got one.

Goldhedge · Jul 15, 2025

Maybe Ai can monitor and control them to keep them from going BOOM?

They would be handy in a NC, TX, NM flood situation...

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