Army Considering Fort Benning as Site for New Nuclear Power Program
Out of hundreds of military installations, Fort Benning is among the nine locations the U.S. Department of the Army has selected as a potential site for its next-generation nuclear power project, called the Janus Program. The Army announced in a news release the installations under consideration, listed in alphabetical order, not ranked by preference: * […]
Army Selects Fort Drum as Possible Site for New Nuclear Plant
The Army has chosen Fort Drum in New York’s Jefferson County as one of nine bases to be evaluated for an advanced small-scale nuclear power plant, Army officials announced today. The Army’s plan is to have commercial companies build nuclear plants capable of producing up to 20 megawatts to provide power at military installations. A […]
Training for the Unthinkable: Army Reserve Soldiers Prepare for Nuclear Aftermath
On a blustery Friday afternoon at Camp Rilea, over 200 Army Reserve soldiers from across the country trained for a situation they hope never happens — a mass casualty event in the form of a 10-kiloton nuclear detonation in the Puget Sound area. Jeff Taylor, of the United States Army North defense force, said the […]