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NASA Acting Chief Duffy Issues Directive to Speed up Moon Reactor Plans
UNITED STATES, AUG 4 – NASA aims to deploy a 100-kilowatt microreactor by 2030 to ensure continuous lunar power and maintain U.S. leadership amid competition from China and Russia, officials said.
- NASA will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to U.S. media.
- Mr. Duffy called for proposals from commercial companies to build a reactor that could generate at least 100 kilowatts of power.
- The NASA program, called Fission Surface Power, will rely on microreactor technology, according to Duffy's directive.
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