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Why NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon

Nuclear power plants are safer than many suspect. But putting reactors in space is a concept with a checkered history. One notorious reactor caused an international incident in 1978 after it came ...
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Moon reactor showdown is on, who gets nuclear power there first?

The race to plug a nuclear reactor into the lunar regolith is no longer a thought experiment. The United States, China and Russia are now treating fission power on the Moon as a strategic objective, ...
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NASA space launch sets stage for nuclear power on the moon

The White House wants a nuclear reactor ready for launch to the moon by 2030. Reliable lunar power is the linchpin in NASA’s plans for a “golden age” of space discovery — fueling a habitable moon base ...
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NASA needs nuclear power for its moon base. Here’s the White House plan to get it

NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four humans to the moon for the first time in more than half a century. And it is just the beginning. In a speech at a space policy event on Tuesday, NASA chief Jared ...