Mobile Nuclear Power
Hey guys,
I found this article on the Wavell Room that I found quite interesting and thought I’d share it with you.
Mobile Nuclear Power Will Enable a Logistics Revolution for the Army
The main idea in the article is that mobile nuclear power is something that would reduce the logistic effort required to power military forces. Meaning less convoys full of fuel that would be vulnerable to attack; and therefore save lives as well as reduce wasted resource. The article also explains that future electrical energy demands of military forces are going to continue to grow; I do believe that to be the case, but is there any reductions that can be made by employing more efficient technology (motive being to decrease the vulnerability of the log chain over environmental sustainability in this case)?
Has anyone got any knowledge or experience of the technology the article is proposing who can comment on the technical reality and the benefits & drawbacks?
Also – I would recommend the Wavell Room to anyone interested in keeping up to date with military thinking; I am aware that at least some of the course are already on it!
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I did see an article the other day about a leading company saying they will produce something like this by 2030. As you can tell I can’t remember it in much detail but I will try to dig it up!
One problem with design of future power sources is the lack of data on current energy demand for all sizes of headquarters. There is a NATO project (SPS Project G5525) looking into this issue. There are also several divisional sized headquarters looking at how they will power themselves in the future. The current thinking is to use a hybrid combination of fuel based and renewable generation, sources of opportunity (e.g. local grid appropriately “cleaned”) and battery storage.
A presentation I attended from the Candaian NATO Country SPS Project Director can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzv8lPl2u528cDhUazBRX3R1MHdmdHNEczNUaU5JczVxNHp3/view?usp=drivesdk