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Fort Benning Is Getting a Nuclear Microreactor. Here’s What That Actually Means

Fort Benning has been selected for one of the Army’s first nuclear microreactors. Here is what the project actually is, how safe living near nuclear power is, what questions remain, and why nuclear energy may become an increasingly important part of America’s power supply.