NASA is wrapping up the initial phase of its ambitious plan to build a small electricity-generating nuclear reactor on the Moon.
The Fission Surface Power Project aims to develop safe, clean and reliable energy sources on the moon.
Solar power has its limitations on the Moon because night on Earth’s lone satellite lasts for the equivalent of 14 Earth days.
If one nuclear reactor, even placed in permanently shadowed areas, it could generate power continuously without any dependence on weather and other conditions.