NASA plans to establish a continuous lunar presence by 2030 with a nuclear reactor, crucial for powering habitats and ...

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 ...

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

The Golden Chest Mine in the far northern reaches of Idaho seems an unlikely staging ground for clean power innovation. It is ...

Nuclear reactors on the moon work in much the same way as reactors on Earth, according to Bhavya Lal, a former associate ...

If you want to know where the next nuclear reactor is being built, you may have to look up at the stars. Transportation ...

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

Analysis - It comes just three months after China and Russia announced they were considering a joint effort to also put a ...

NASA has been working behind the scenes for years to develop compact nuclear power systems designed to support lunar bases, ...

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 ...

Powering the Moon Interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy announced that President Trump wants to place a small modular reactor ...