The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy that was sent ...

The Trump administration is pushing efforts to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a future human base. A newly ...

Facing a new space race with China and Russia, NASA is fast-tracking lunar nuclear power development and commercial space ...

Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators ...

Although it has long triggered fears of meltdowns and radioactive waste, nuclear power is considered an 'extremely safe,' ...

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support its planned international lunar research station. The United States ...

A new NASA directive to accelerate development of a nuclear reactor for the moon has is aggressive but achievable, industry ...

Nuclear reactors on the Moon and at Denver airport, Kentucky’s new uranium enrichment facility, and nuclear energy restarts are driving Trump’s goals.

Reactor pressure vessels provide a barrier around thousands of uranium fuel rods in temperatures of more than 500 degrees and ...

NASA is accelerating its plans to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the end of the decade to power lunar bases and gain an advantage in the new space race against Russia and China.

NASA is developing a 40-kilowatt lunar nuclear reactor under its Fission Surface Power program, aiming for deployment by decade’s end to provide reliable energy during the Moon’s two-week nights.

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment has upheld its decision to grant Eskom environmental authorisation ...