NASA plans to build a nuclear plant on the moon …...

The President of NASA, James Braidenstein, stressed the need to establish nuclear stations on the moon, and this came in a video conference he held with the US Department of Energy after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between it and NASA, and said: “We intend to return to the moon to stay there for a long time, which requires We have nuclear energy on the moon and a system is working to generate it, and we are pleased that the Ministry of Energy helps us in establishing this system using nuclear energy“.

Braidenstein also stressed the importance of using nuclear energy in order to reclaim Mars, and said, “We need a nuclear or nuclear electric missile engine that allows us to reduce the time required to reach Mars.” He expressed his hope that the Ministry of Energy could manufacture such an engine..

And NASA had previously offered a tender for the construction of a nuclear reactor on the moon with a capacity of 10 kilowatts, and the winning company in the tender will be announced early next year..

International space agencies seek to establish a permanent human presence outside Earth, but the problem of providing energy sources remains unresolved, and because solar energy is not always available in some places, including parts of the moon, a team of scientists and engineers is studying the possibility of establishing nuclear reactors to supply energy to lunar settlements. .

The biggest challenge in front of this idea is the size. Establishing a nuclear plant on the moon similar to what we have on the ground is not possible according to reports by the US C&E website. Therefore, the US Agency for Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is working to develop simplified and miniature reactors capable of bearing Harsh moon conditions.