HUNTSVILLE — Alabama’s congressional leaders are lining up in force behind Redstone Arsenal, urging the U.S. Army to select the Huntsville installation as the home for Project Janus, a next-generation nuclear microreactor that would revolutionize military energy resilience.
Project Janus — a first-of-its-kind Army initiative — aims to deploy a small nuclear microreactor under 20MW, powerful enough to sustain mission-critical operations while operating independently of the commercial power grid. The Army says the program represents the “next generation of America’s energy resilience,” particularly as cyber threats, severe weather and grid vulnerabilities escalate across the nation.
Redstone is competing against eight other military installations, but Alabama’s delegation argues the case is clear. In a Nov. 25 letter addressed to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, Rep. Dale Strong and the full Alabama congressional delegation outlined why Redstone is uniquely positioned to support the microreactor…