The Army says it will install small nuclear reactors as power plants on 10 bases as it effort they’re calling Project Janus — a name chosen for its reference to the Roman god of doorways or, more philosophically, transitions.

“This is about the transition from prototypes to fully commercial nuclear power to provide energy resilience with our soldiers,” said Jeff Waksman, principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment said Tuesday at the annual conference of the Association of the U.S. Army in Washington D.C.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said at AUSA that nuclear power is part of the military’s look at other more sustainable energy sources that can be used in a large-scale conflict.

“If you think about our engagement in the conflict in the Indo-

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