A powerful, open-source software package named OpenMC has emerged as a cornerstone in the global effort to develop the next ...

NASA and the US Department of Energy have reaffirmed their joint project to develop a nuclear fission reactor for the surface ...

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Construction on a revolutionary new kind of nuclear power plant is underway in Kansas. According to KCUR, an NPR affiliate, ...

NASA first announced that it would put a reactor on the moon “within a decade” in 2021. By 2024, the agency said the target ...

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The Department of Energy and NASA will jointly develop a fission surface power system that will be ready for launch by 2030.

Nano Nuclear launched a partner outreach RFI to advance its LOKI microreactor for NASA-aligned lunar surface power goals.

NASA and the Department of Energy have officially embarked on an ambitious goal to plant a nuclear reactor on the Moon's ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

The U.S. space agency and the Department of Energy will work together to build a fission reactor on the lunar surface in the ...