Historically, the US Army transports a nuclear reactor

The nearly 1126-mile flight last weekend, which transported a 5-megawatt nuclear fuel-free microreactor, points to the Trump Administration's attempt to promote nuclear energy to help meet the growing demand for energy from Artificial Intelligence and data centres, as well as for military use.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Undersecretary of Defence Michael Duffey, who traveled with the privately built reactor, hailed the trip on a C-17 military plane as a breakthrough in US efforts to speed up commercial licensing for microreans, part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reform the country's energy landscape.

President Donald Trump supports nuclear energy a carbon-free energy source as a reliable energy source, even though it has been widely hostile to renewable energy and gives priority to coal and other fossil fuels to produce electricity.

Skeptics warn that nuclear energy poses risks and say microreactors may not be safe or feasible and have not proved they can meet the requirement for a reasonable price, the AP writes, the telegraphy broadcast, broadcast Periscope.

Wright put aside these concerns as he praised the progress in Trump's efforts for a rapid escalation of nuclear power.

Trump signed a series of executive orders last year that allow Wright to approve several design and advanced reactor projects, removing authority from the Independent Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has regulated the US nuclear industry for five decades.

This is history. A multi-megavat nuclear power plant of the next generation was loaded in C-17 behind us, said Wright before the two-hour flight from the March Air Reserve Base in California at Hill Air Base in Utah.

The reactor the size of an army-run minivan is one of at least three that will reach “critical state” When a nuclear reaction can support a series of ongoing reactions until July 4th, as Trump has promised, Wright said.

This is speed, this is innovation, this is the start of a nuclear rebirth”, he said.

Microreactors will be for civilian and military use.

Currently, there are 94 working nuclear reactors in the US that generate about 19% of the country's electricity, according to the American Energy Information Administration.

This is the least of 104 reactors in 2013 and includes two new commercial reactors in Georgia that were the country's first major reactors to build the first.

The reactor transported to Utah will be able to generate up to 5 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 5,000 homes, according to Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, startup in California that produced the reactor.

The company hopes to start selling energy on a test basis next year and become fully commercial in 2028. /Periscope