NASA aims to establish a 100-kW nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, providing continuous power for a future lunar base.

Announcement comes at a time when the United States is looking to stave off rapid advances of China’s space programme.

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The acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy, wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. His directive says the first ...

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While nuclear reactors have been around on Earth for over 70 years, placing them on the moon would be unprecedented. NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is aiming to do the undone: a reactor ...

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NASA is ready to send nuclear reactors to the Moon. The goal is to have a working reactor by 2030. NASA boss Sean Duffy said ...

"We're in a race to the Moon, in a race with China to the Moon. And to have a base on the Moon, we need energy," Duffy told ...

The Trump administration wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by the end of the decade in a bid to beat Russia and China to ...