(September 08, 2025)
Cowboy State Daily
Evanston Company Contracts With Army To Make Portable Nuclear Reactors
“Evanston-based nuclear manufacturer Black Mesa Advanced Fission is working with the Department of Defense to produce a line of portable reactors, which it predicts will replace the military’s current diesel power generators.
CEO Joshua Payne said his company was contracted in January to create “tactically mobile” reactors for the U.S. Army. These reactors are contained to the size of a shipping container and can produce far more power than the Army’s current diesel generators.
The military, he said in a phone call with Cowboy State Daily, will use his generators to power forward operating bases, communications technology and serve as emergency power generators…
The reactors, Payne said, will be manufactured in Evanston but won’t be operated until they reach an Army test site in Nevada.
No fuel will be stored at the Evanston site either, he said, meaning the development represents a minimal risk to the surrounding community…”
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