NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project Energizes Lunar Exploration

Small Reactors Would Provide a Decade of Power

NASA is wrapping up the initial phase of its Fission Surface Power Project, which focused on developing concept designs for a small, electricity-generating nuclear fission reactor that could be used during a future demonstration on the Moon and to inform future designs for Mars.

“A demonstration of a nuclear power source on the Moon is required to show t…