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Janus reactors inside the fence go through ARRO, not the NRC
Janus microreactors will be licensed by the Army Reactor Office, not the NRC, on a defense-only path built to line up later commercial approvals.
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Army names five posts for commercial microreactors
Five Army posts from Bragg to Drum will host commercial microreactors, with vendors named and a 2028 clock.
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Janus is $2.2 billion and more than twenty microreactors
On 26 August the Army selected five companies to own, build and operate commercial microreactors at five posts, drawing on up to $2.2 billion from fiscal 2027 through 2031. The first Army-regulated machine is supposed to run by 30 September 2028.
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The Economic Report and the docks are the same coalition
The 2026 Economic Report wants NRC time cut toward a year and nuclear grown toward 400 gigawatts by 2050. Day-one energy policy ended the LNG pause. The MAGA years, in office, are an energy file: nuclear that can get a yes, gas that can get a dock.