A lunar nuclear reactor may sound dramatic, but its neither illegal nor unprecedented. But it does raise critical questions ...

In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, proclaimed that the U.S. needs to ‘get our act together’ ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, the new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

The rivalry of the superpowers in space is entering a new phase, in which energy independence beyond Earth plays a key role.

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power.

Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in Fukui prefecture, western Japan, to replace the existing facility, the ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed a study of new accident tolerant fuels being developed by three companies for new commercial nuclear power reactors.

Kansai Electric Power will begin surveys for the construction of a new nuclear power reactor at its Mihama power station in Fukui prefecture, western Japan, to replace the existing facility, the ...

A natural nuclear reactor Questions raised by a fission chain reaction that occurred billions of years ago, and making silver compounds lighter with light, in our weekly dip into Nature ’s archive.

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Nuclear reactors and spacecraft are exposed to high levels of radiation and high temperatures, so it's critical the metals they're made of are strong and stable.