Rolls-Royce go-ahead to build a nuclear reactor on Moon

[BootinUp]

Rolls-Royce has received funding from the UK Space Agency to develop a nuclear reactor for a Moon base.

The project will look into how nuclear power could be used to support a future base on the Moon for astronauts.

Scientists and engineers at the British company are working on the micro-reactor programme to develop technology that will provide power needed for humans to live and work on Earth's natural satellite.

The UK Space Agency has announced £2.9 million of new funding for the project which will deliver an initial demonstration of a UK lunar modular nuclear reactor.

A £249,000 study was funded by the UK Space Agency in 2022.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/17/rolls-royce-go-ahead-build-nuclear-reactor-moon/

[dchill]

1. The epitome of "What could go wrong?"

[Deuxcents]

2. Yeah. We've screwed up this place so why not ?

[Probatim]

3. Don't you think it's dangerous to put a nuclear reactor on top of a 220-story building?

No more dangerous than putting a baby's head in a buzzsaw.

Classic SCTV sketch. Their spoof of Towering Inferno.

[Tetrachloride]

4. Wiki: Nuclear power in space

Small fission reactors for Earth observation satellites, such as the TOPAZ nuclear reactor, have also been flown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_space