Fort Drum one of nine sites considered for micro-reactor nuclear power plant

Fort Drum could be the site of a micro-reactor nuclear power plant.

Known as the Janus Program, this reactor would help give reliable energy to support national defense.

Fort Drum was chosen as one of nine installations up for consideration, following a U.S. Army analysis and on-site assessment.

A final number of sites that will get the micro-reactors hasn’t yet been determined.

It’s been more than two years since the biomass program on Fort Drum was shut down.

Last October, Republican U.S. Reps. Elise Stefanik and Claudia Tenney sent a letter to the secretary of the Army pushing for the military base to host a small reactor.