As for small reactors, NASA’s KRUSTY is a good example. It weighs about 300 pounds and produces about 1kW. A V8 engine weighs more than that, although it also puts out quite a bit more power.

Nasa's Artemis programme is also struggling under budgetary uncertainty, with some critical missions such as the VIPER rover being scrapped. The design of the Chinese lunar reactor has also ...

ALBAWABA - In a surprising move, the US space agency NASA is progressing with plans to install a small nuclear reactor on the moon's surface to generate electricity. This plan falls under the ...

Chinese nuclear engineers have discovered a critical inefficiency issue in Nasa’s lunar nuclear reactor design – but, they claim, minor structural adjustments could slash fuel consumption by ...