US C-17 completes first nuclear microreactor airlift

US C-17 completes first nuclear microreactor airlift

U.S. Air Force personnel, including reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing, have supported the first military airlift of a transportable micro-nuclear reactor. The operation, known as Operation Windlord, saw a C-17 Globemaster III deliver the containerised reactor to Hill Air Force Base in Utah on 15 February. The system forms part of Project Pele, a U.S. Department of Defense initiative to develop small, transportable nuclear reactors designed …