WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:
After the U.S. Army named (https://www.army.mil/article/289074/army_announces_next_steps_on_janus_program_for_next_generation_nuclear_energy) Fort Drum as one of nine domestic Army installations under consideration to host the Janus Program, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today urged U.S. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll to select Fort Drum for the Army's effort to deploy a commercial nuclear microreactor to strengthen the installation's energy resilience and support critical military operations. Schumer explained that the effort is to ensure military sites have secure, reliable power if the commercial power grid goes down and that after analyzing sites across the ...