July 25, 2025

Project Pele work gets off the ground with core reactor build

By ExchangeMonitor
BWX Technologies has begun manufacturing the reactor core of Project Pele’s microreactor at its Innovation Campus  in Lynchburg, Va., the company announced Thursday, in a press release. Pele is a mobile gas-cooled demonstration microreactor with the ability…
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