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

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

The acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy, wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. His directive says the first ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

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 ...

Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this ...

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

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