The Army’s Janus program is ushering in a new era for energy resilience on military installations. Janus pairs multiple vendors with bases across the country to deliver safe, secure and reliable nuclear power that strengthens national defense and helps revitalize American industrial capacity. It is a milestone driven program designed to accelerate next generation energy solutions and keep the United States ahead of global competitors.
The Janus program is structurally configured for rapid deployment and fast learning cycles. For the first time DOE/NRC and the Army Reactor Office are working from shared processes and subject matter experts, thereby reducing redundancy, and accelerating future commercial licensing. Janus is the inflection point the microreactor industry needs.
BWXT’s Advantage Begins With Expertise
BWXT brings several years of progress on Project Pele and the BANR commercial reactor to the Janus program. BWXT has spent years designing, testing and proving components with Idaho National Lab, and has already delivered the fuel, engineering and licensing basis for Project Pele. The BANR reactor scales that design to 20MWe, providing a highly differentiated product.
A Design That Fits Real Requirements
Janus is about delivering real power to real bases. BWXT’s BANR reactor hits the target perfectly with 20 MWe of output that aligns with the double-digit loads seen across Army installations. Fort Campbell, Kentucky, offers an ideal match between base demand and reactor capability. At this aligned site, BWXT will deploy with a utility partner that brings operational expertise, training capability and community engagement knowledge to support successful long-term operations.
Janus Provides BWXT Additional Momentum
Janus establishes the first real pathway to microreactor deployment. BWXT brings the experience, factory capability, fuel pipeline and proven reactor designs needed to make deployment successful.
This is the moment when the United States moves from prototypes to commercially ready microreactors. It is the moment when defense and industry grow together. It is the moment when leadership matters.
BWXT is setting the pace.
