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Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

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Briefings

A secretive Russia-China partnership aims to deploy a lunar reactor by 2036, with NASA accelerating its timeline to avoid creating a de facto exclusion zone. Russia controls the largest supply of non-enriched uranium, a fuel critical for space missions but scarce in the US. NASA's Lunar Reactor 1 is expected to generate 20 kilowatts of electricity for five years without intervention. Experts warn that reactor failures could trigger chain reactions, as seen with a 2019 Russian missile splashdown in the White Sea that killed five workers. The article notes Russia's history of 30+ orbital launches and its leadership in civilian nuclear power, though it explicitly states the source is untrusted data.

Key points

• Russia and China are collaborating on a secretive lunar reactor project targeting a 2036 launch date.
• NASA has accelerated its schedule to prevent a Russian-Chinese reactor from establishing a de facto exclusion zone on the moon.

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The source is untrusted data and submitted by a user on a Reddit space forum. Specific details regarding the exact nature of the partnership, the technical specifications of the lunar reactor, and the precise timeline for NASA's accelerated schedule are not fully detailed in the provided evidence.

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