Mini nuclear reactor airlifted

[BackAgain]

U.S. Air Force Airlifts Next-Generation Nuclear Reactor for Rapid Deployment Test

U.S. Air Force airlifts compact nuclear reactor to Utah, advancing July 4, 2026 criticality goal under Executive Order 14301.

www.armyrecognition.com

As Mr. Spock might put it, “fascinating.”

According to ^ that article, the move was part of an effort to comply with an Executive Order:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500634/pdf/DCPD-202500634.pdf

I understand that most of the TDS libs here will automatically oppose this. But, I say that this is excellent news and it demonstrates the foresighted nature of the entire Trump Administration.

 

[Marener]

It sounds very helpful for niche military applications but small modular nuclear reactors make no sense for commercial development.

 

[marvin martian]

It sounds very helpful for niche military applications but small modular nuclear reactors make no sense for commercial development.

Stay in the 19th century where you belong, throwback.

 

[Marener]

Stay in the 19th century where you belong, throwback.

What’s that supposed to mean?

 

[marvin martian]

What’s that supposed to mean?

BackAgain got your number in the OP:

I understand that most of the TDS libs here will automatically oppose this.

Stay in the past, with your slaves, where you belong Marener

 

[Marener]

BackAgain got your number in the OP:



Stay in the past, with your slaves, where you belong.

You’re speaking like an idiot.

I don’t oppose the reactor. Just pointing out it’s only really for a highly niche use case.

Small modular reactors are not economically competitive.

 

[Darkwind]

It sounds very helpful for niche military applications but small modular nuclear reactors make no sense for commercial development.

Lunar and Mars colonies.

It makes very good sense.

 

[marvin martian]

You’re speaking like an idiot.

I don’t oppose the reactor. Just pointing out it’s only really for a highly niche use case.

Small modular reactors are not economically competitive.

Of course you oppose it. Your cult told you it's Orange Man Bad.

 

[Marener]

Lunar and Mars colonies.

It makes very good sense.

Any reactor for use on mars or the moon would be considerably different than this. The engineering challenges are very different.

 

[Marener]

Of course you oppose it. Your cult told you it's Orange Man Bad.

I don’t have a huge problem with nuclear power, but I don’t want to see us waste money on projects which are doomed economically.

 

[Darkwind]

Any reactor for use on mars or the moon would be considerably different than this. The engineering challenges are very different.

They are. But what they have in common is that they are modular, compact, and can be moved from A to B.

Any real exploratory or colonization work will need an absolutely reliable source of energy that lasts for decades, not years.

 

[marvin martian]

I don’t have a huge problem with nuclear power, but I don’t want to see us waste money on projects which are doomed economically.

Sounds like you work for Big Oil.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Sounds like you work for Big Oil.

More likely a door to door solar salesman

 

[Marener]

Sounds like you work for Big Oil.

Cheap natural gas is the natural enemy of nuclear power.

In the real world, the economics matter most.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

They are. But what they have in common is that they are modular, compact, and can be moved from A to B.

Any real exploratory or colonization work will need an absolutely reliable source of energy that lasts for decades, not years.

I've read they're being developed for the huge data centers. That makes sense

 

[Winco]

BackAgain got your number in the OP:



Stay in the past, with your slaves, where you belong Marener

Conservative were the slave owners.

No revisionist history attempts will change the fact that Confederate Flag wavers were the Slave owners.

Confederate Flag Wavers vote (R) today.

 

[marvin martian]

More likely a door to door solar salesman

I hate those guys. They come through our neighborhood where they KNOW the ROI on solar is ridiculously long because our electric bills are very low. But, they still pitch their spiel like I'm going to save a ton of money spending $40K on panels that will take 30+ years to return the investment, by which time the panels will have LONG been degraded past the point of usefulness.

 

[Marener]

I've read they're being developed for the huge data centers. That makes sense

It doesn’t. Too slow. Too expensive.

 

[marvin martian]

Conservative were the slave owners.

No revisionist history attempts will change the fact that Confederate Flag wavers were the Slave owners.

Confederate Flag Wavers vote (R) today.

Sure, klanboy.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It sounds very helpful for niche military applications but small modular nuclear reactors make no sense for commercial development.

They make more sense than solar power in winter.