If the pilot project planned at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks proves the microreactors have value, additional models could be added to more bases in the future.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A base in interior Alaska has been chosen by the U.S. Air Force to receive its first nuclear microreactor. Eielson Air Force Base was selected in a project that began in ...

Eielson Air Force Base was selected by the U.S. Air Force to receive its first nuclear microreactor, a nuclear power plant of up to 5 MWe, which could be operational there as soon as 2027.

In Alaska, at Eielson Air Force Base, temperatures just reached 70 degrees for the first time in nine months. That, combined with the remote location, permafrost and shorter daylight spans, makes the ...

The Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, has been operating in defense of the U.S. and its interests since 1943. The base, which most of the time likes to keep its dealings private, is ...

The contract went to Oklo Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif., for a small reactor at Eielson Air Force Base, a fighter base 110 miles from the Arctic Circle, according to the company and an Air Force ...

F-35 Lightning II and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks. (From Eielson Air Force Base) The Pentagon may move ahead this summer on a proposal to build a ...

DAF in October 2021 picked Eielson Air Force Base as the site for its first microreactor in part “due to its resilient power needs for mission assurance, limited access to clean energy, existing ...

(RTTNews) - Oklo Inc. (OKLO) has received a Notice of Intent to Award from DLA Energy to supply clean, reliable power to Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska using its Aurora microreactor.

The U.S. Air Force will not be able to meet its initial 2027 goal to push an advanced nuclear microreactor into operation due to a current protest bid, according to ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A base in interior Alaska has been chosen by the U.S. Air Force to receive its first nuclear microreactor. Eielson Air Force Base was selected in a project that began in ...