Service Logisticians: Mini Nuclear Reactors Might be a Solution to Future Expeditionary Energy Needs
Posted on December 3, 2021 by John M. Doyle, Seapower Correspondent
ARLINGTON, Va. — Top logisticians of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and the other armed services told a congressional panel Dec. 2 they are exploring the development of deployable, micro nuclear reactors as an energy source for warfighters in remote and austere environments.
“The Marine Corps clearly appreciates the value and potential future benefits of alternative energy sources,” Lt. Gen. Edward Banta, deputy commandant for Installations and Logistics, told a House Armed Services Committee hearing on operational energy and logistics challenges.
“Through our Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, we have been involved in looking at hydrogen fuel as a potential future source, and I would think that combining that with both micro grids as well as potential micro reactors would provide great benefits to us in the future, but particularly operating in an expeditionary area environment,” Banta added.
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