POWER Magazine•14 days ago
A New Space Race—The U.S. Looks to Lunar Nuclear Power
- •Lunar nuclear power is identified as a critical enabling technology for future sustained human presence and commercial activities (e.g., mineral development, tourism) on the moon.
- •The U.S. is actively pursuing lunar nuclear power amidst increasing global competition for establishing long-term energy infrastructure off-world.
- •This development signals a long-term, high-tech frontier for power generation, potentially influencing R&D and investment in advanced nuclear technologies that could have future terrestrial applications.
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