Atomicpunk Alaska?

There's a good summary of the history of (and current plans for) small, portable nuclear reactors here:
http://bellona.org/news/nuclear-iss...confirms-portable-nuclear-reactor-development
Thanks for that. There's a list of the various US military small reactor projects here.

Interestingly Camp Century is back in the news, and not for good reasons. The refuse left behind when the base was abandoned (including diesel, PCBs and mildly radioactive water) may cause pollution problems now that the Greenland ice-sheet is melting.

(In case anyone's wondering, the portable Soviet nuclear reactor on tracks is a TES-3 Portable nuclear power plant. It is often mistakenly assumed to be a nuclear-powered land vehicle. This is not possible, as the nuclear power plant has no connection to the vehicle's propulsion system.)
Aww, I think the idea of a giant nuclear powered Arctic explorer vehicle is cool. Sort-of like the Antarctic Snow Cruiser but with more axles and a reactor.
Perfect for an RPG set around Camp Century or an Antarctic Space Nazi space. Shades of The Ice Warriors, Who Goes There? and Assault on the Mountains of Madness.
 
there's only one railroad in the entire state, connecting Juneau to Fairbanks
The Alaska Railroad connects Seward (deep water port) to Anchorage (largest population base) to Fairbanks and North Pole (former home of the Flint Hills Refinery). A Northern Rail Extension project plans to extend the line from North Pole to Delta Junction/Ft. Greely. There is no ground transportation connection (road or rail) to the state capital, Juneau.

Yes, but that's the only resource that's shipped across the state in quantities large enough to justify a railroad (or even a road).
The Alaska Railroad's former largest client was the Flint Hills Oil Refinery in North Pole. The RR shipped large quantities of Jet fuel, but also heating oil and diesel to Anchorage, primarily to service the air cargo hub at the Ted Stevens Anchorage airport. This freight demand ceased when Flint Hills shut down a few years ago due to high operating costs. The RR now transports smaller quantities of imported refined products north to meet the civilian and military demands in interior Alaska. The largest RR bulk freight customer is now the Usabelli Coal mine in Healy that ships coal to Seward for sea transport to Asian markets.

The current Alaska state population is somewhere between 738,000 and 739,000, with nearly 300,000 residing in the City of Anchorage, and another 150,000-200,000 living in close proximity. Fairbanks and Juneau often swap places for the second and third largest cities with 32,000-33,000 each.

Going back to the initial question concerning small nuclear reactors, particularly on military installations, it's already been done.
"SM-1A: 2 MW electric, plus heating. Fort Greely, Alaska. Initial criticality March 13, 1962. The SM-1A at Ft. Greely, Alaska, was designed by ALCO Products and was the first field facility developed under the Army Nuclear Power Program. This site was selected to develop construction methods in a remote, Arctic location. This plant was shut down in 1972. SM-1A operated at a uranium-235 enrichment of 93 percent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Nuclear_Power_Program"
 
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