The Army's Janus microreactor program at Fort Wainwright
The Army named Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks as one of nine installations that could host a microreactor under its Janus program. Fort Wainwright once exported power from an on site coal plant and is now a net importer, in a region with high energy costs and little spare generation.
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Industry submissions were taken through the Defense Innovation Unit and are evaluated privately. No public comment period exists at this stage, and no vendor has been named for Fort Wainwright.
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2026-08-06 Tracked. Fort Wainwright is one of nine sites the Army named, alongside Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Fort Campbell, Fort Drum, Fort Hood, Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Joint Base Lewis McChord and Redstone Arsenal. The Army says the sites were chosen on mission criticality, existing energy shortfalls, grid resilience and environmental and technical constraints. The program answers Executive Order 14299 on deploying advanced nuclear reactor technologies for national security, and the Army's stated goal is an operational demonstration plant on a military installation by 2030. No vendor selection for Fort Wainwright has been made public.
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