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

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

Thorcon International, an innovative nuclear technology developer based in Singapore, has received official approval for the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Nuclear power on the moon is critical to the United States' space exploration and national security goals, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said.

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