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Could NASA really put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030?

Could NASA really put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030?

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NASA’s decision to speed up plans for building a nuclear reactor on the Moon has raised questions about the United States’ broader space strategy and renewed curiosity about the use of nuclear energy beyond Earth. 


In this episode of Euronews Tech Talks, we address these questions with professor Simon Middleburgh, co-director of the Nuclear Futures Institute at the University of Bangor (UK), Alfredo Carpineti, astrophysicist and senior science writer at IFL Science, and Francesco Lodi, researcher at ENEA (Italy).


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Could NASA really put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030?

Could NASA really put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030?