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By Shane Lasley
Mining News 

Dunleavy tours eVinci microreactor lab

North of 60 Mining News - March 27, 2023

 

Last updated 4/8/2023 at 5:40am

Group photo in front of a partially assembled Westinghouse eVinci microreactor.

Westinghouse Electric Company

Alaska Sen. Click Bishop (left), Alaska Center for Energy and Power director Gwen Holdmann (center), and Westinghouse Alaska consultant Mary Ann Pease (right), Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (second from right), and some the eVinci team at Westinghouse's microreactor R&D facility at Waltz Mill, PA.

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