The announcement follows the Department of Energy’s selection of Radiant’s Kaleidos reactor to be tested next year at Idaho National Laboratory’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) facility. This will mark the first new U.S. reactor design to undergo testing at DOME in nearly 50 years.
“We’re proud to be the first agreement designed to deliver mass-manufactured nuclear microreactors for a U.S. military base,” said Radiant CEO and Founder Doug Bernauer. “In 36 months, Kaleidos reactors will arrive via truck and within 48 hours plug in, power on, and provide resilient, cyber-secure power to our nation’s Air Force for years without refueling.”
The DIU’s mission is to strengthen national security by accelerating the adoption of dual-use technology for the military. Working with service components, the DIU is advancing ANPI through a competitive process to field the nation’s best microreactors, with a focus on safety, scalability and operational needs.
By pursuing this technology, the Pentagon aims to harden military bases domestically and abroad with a resilient, safe and secure power source that offers strategic advantages over near-peer adversaries. Radiant said it looks forward to working with DIU, Department of Defense leadership, Congress, and the President to deliver the Kaleidos reactor to the Air Force within three years.
