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A nuclear reactor on the Moon? How the U.S. just unleashed a new era of space power to outpace China and Russia

NASA plan for nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030: In a move that could reshape the future of space exploration, interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy, who also serves as Transportation Secretary and ...
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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. In April 2025, China reportedly ...
The New York Times

NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges. By Kenneth Chang Nuclear reactors have been generating power on Earth ...
Washington Examiner

NASA’s moon nuclear reactor: What to know

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 ...
NPR

NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA ...
The Hill

Duffy confirms fast-track plan to build nuclear reactor on the moon

Transportation Secretary and interim NASA Administrator Sean Duffy outlined the space agency’s fast-track plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday. “We’re in a race to the moon, in a ...
SpaceNews

Industry supports NASA plans to accelerate work on lunar nuclear reactors

Lockheed Martin's concept for a fission surface power (FSP) system on the surface of the moon. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — A new NASA directive to accelerate development of a nuclear reactor ...
Space.com

NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030 – choosing where is tricky

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA ...
Space.com

NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030

Interim NASA chief Sean Duffy will announce the ambitious goal this week, according to Politico. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
SpaceNews

Antares raises $96 million for nuclear reactors on Earth and in space

WASHINGTON — Nuclear power startup Antares announced a $96 million Series B round Dec. 2 to fund work on developing small nuclear reactors, including for space applications. The company said the ...
Ars Technica

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why

Probably most efficient to dump it into the moon and heat the rock? Per wikipedia the Seawolf class of subs uses liquid sodium to cool, but even so being in the ocean gives you a place to ultimately ...