Alaska Air Base Wants to Build a Micro Nuclear Plant for Backup Power
October 17, 2022
Last month, the Air Force issued a request for proposals to construct a 2.5-megawatt micro-reactor at Eielson to supplement its current 20-MW coal-fired heat and power plant that delivers power across the installation on overhead wires.
An Air Force spokesperson said the planned micro-reactor “is intended to supplement current installation energy sources as a redundant resilience measure to power the base.”
