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The United States is racing to develop a nuclear reactor on the Moon – but that’s no easy task, and experts disagree over whether the ambitious timeline is possible.
When US space officials said in July that they aimed to launch a nuclear fission reactor on the Moon by 2030, it raised concerns about the safety of having a nuclear reactor on Earth’s satellite. Others questioned why NASA, the American space agency, was speeding up its timeline and what the plans meant for its broader space strategy.
In this episode of Euronews Tech Talks, nuclear energy experts debate the most realistic scenarios for bringing nuclear power to the Moon.
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