Alabama’s entire congressional delegation sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to push for Redstone Arsenal to be selected as a site for a microreactor power plant.
The Army’s Project Janus aims to develop and deploy nuclear power technology for military installations independent from the commercial grid. As part of the initiative, the Army selected nine possible locations, and three will be selected by mid-2026. Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville is one of the potential sites.
“The installation’s core mission areas include space operations and missile defense, RDT&E, intelligence, and homeland defense, which are among the nation’s most critical, making the energy resilience provided by the MPP essential for uninterrupted operations,” the letter reads…