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U.S. Air Force Selects Fast Microreactor for Nuclear Power Pilot (www.powermag.com)

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The Defense of Logistics Agency (DLA), acting on behalf of the Department of Air Force (DAF), on Aug. 31 issued a Notice of Intent to Award (NOITA) that selects the Santa Clara, California–based nuclear technology firm’s Aurora Powerhouse for its Eielson Air Force Base pilot and initiates an acquisition process to potentially award Oklo a 30-year, firm-fixed-price contract to pilot the advanced nuclear energy technology.

I feel like this should have been an easy contract for renewables to win. Of course, the government is going to waste money on nuclear when they could have went with wind and solar.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a minute there I thought this was going to be about a nuclear aircraft. That's some wild 1950s shit right there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was my thought as well. I think the picture didn’t help.

With how many b-52s that crashed, I’m glad they didn’t all have a nuclear reactor on board.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

With how many B-52s that carried thermonuclear bombs and crashed, I’m glad the US didn’t accidentally nuke itself and other countries.