The same nuclear reactors that are in the belly of every nuclear sub in our fleet is the same technology around small modular reactors and micronuclear reactors. The Department of War is looking at this right now in terms of trying to figure out how to facilitate power needs if there's a forward operating base or for national emergencies. This is energy, quite frankly, that the United States, we were the pioneers of this through the Manhattan Project. We should be leveraging this for the future of our state. (21:09–21:19)
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