nuclear-news

The News That Matters about the Nuclear Industry Fukushima Chernobyl Mayak Three Mile Island Atomic Testing Radiation Isotope

NASA again hyping its plans for nuclear reactors on Mars

NASA demos little nuclear power plant to help find little green men, Kilopower experiment looks good for 10 kilowatts on the Moon, Mars or beyond By Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor 3 May 2018   NASA has announced successful tests of a small fission reactor capable of producing about 10 kilowatts of power, and hopes the technology will prove suitable for use on the Moon or Mars.

…… The reactor is not yet flight-ready and will need lots of testing to get it there, not least because people tend to be nervous about large chunks of fissile material on rockets. There’s also the small matter of vacuum testing……https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/03/nasa_kilopower_reactor_using_stirling_technology/

May 4, 2018 - Posted by | technology, USA

2 Comments »

  1. Love your artwork!

    miningawareness's avatar Comment by miningawareness | May 4, 2018 | Reply


Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

« Previous | Next »