Trying to get a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon is going to take time – maybe much longer more than NASA wants.

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

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

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

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA's interim leader Sean Duffy recently declared the U.S. space agency aims to place a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 to provide energy for an eventual lunar outpost. Duffy ...

At $37 trillion and counting, the national debt is in the stratosphere. That hasn’t stopped the space cadets in the federal ...

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.