Argonne News Brief: Could micro reactors help us keep on e-truckin’?

Electric semi-trucks could revolutionize the transportation industry. But the largest cross-country 18-wheel truck needs 5- to 10-times more electricity than an electric car to recharge its battery. And these trucks often need to recharge far from high-power transmission lines. Where will that electricity come from?

One possibility is “micro” nuclear reactors — each about the size of two home water heaters — linked to an energy storage system. These reactors might meet electricity demands for e-trucks in the future, according to a team of engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

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