Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...

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

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

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

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

Nuclear power in space isn't a new idea. Since the 1960s, the US and the Soviet Union have relied on radioisotope generators that use small amounts of radioactive elements to power satellites.

NASA announced plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon on Tuesday, in an attempt to stay ahead of China and Russia in a ...

The reactor design has been in development in a number of other countries, but one has yet to go online in the United States.

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Federal regulators said there are “no significant hazards” expected with the plan to return nuclear fuel to the power plant’s reactor vessel and restart electricity generation.