Office of Nuclear Energy | US Department of Energy
@GovNuclear
ON THE MOVE: This transportable microreactor developed by
@WECNuclear
is being designed to generate 5 MWe and operate for up to 8 years or longer without refueling.
Westinghouse is one of two companies selected to test in DOME — the world’s first microreactor test bed at
@INL
.
https://x.com/GovNuclear/status/1946975662410993667
It does kind of look like a couple of washtub inners joined, but dastingly,
NASA sent up a micronuke powered satellite in 1967.
So this isn't really a new thing.