Projects / prj-janus-fort-campbell-banr
BWXT BANR at Fort Campbell (Army Janus)
The Army paired BWXT with Fort Campbell under the Janus Program in August 2026. Reporting describes one 20 MWe BANR gas-cooled reactor with construction targeted for late 2028 and operation in the early 2030s.
- Stage
- Announced
- Design
- BWXT BANR (Microreactor)
- Technology
- High-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) · helium
- Operator(s)
- U.S. Army
- Vendor(s)
- BWX Technologies
- Location
- Fort Campbell · United States · precision: undisclosed
Searchable without an invented map pin. - Coordinates
- undisclosed / not plotted
- Electrical capacity
- 20 MWe (nameplate (gross/net unspecified)) · scope: plant
- Thermal capacity
- —
- Modules planned
- 1
- Inclusion basis
- microreactor_labeled
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-10-02 (publication/verification date)
Milestones & dated events
- No dated milestones recorded yet.
Regulatory actions
- None recorded in this release.
Sources
- Army reaches agreement with private industry for nuclear micro reactors (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-02)
- POWER: U.S. Army mobilizes $2.2B Janus program (reputable_press, accessed 2026-10-02)