The Army's top energy official recently walked reporters through a series of questions he’s grappling with as part of the push to deploy nuclear microreactors at military installations around the country.
Up to $2.2 billion could be distributed among the handful of vendors.
Avoiding vendor lock and providing more room for sensors and upgrades are critical considerations.
“Realistically, it's gonna take us a few months to do all this. But we are planning to put a draft RFP out within a few weeks, so we're gonna move very quickly,” an Army official said.