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Rolls-Royce to develop 'Moon nuclear reactors' with UK funding

Nuclear power has the potential to dramatically increase the duration of future lunar missions and their scientific value, the company said

Rolls-Royce to develop 'Moon nuclear reactors' with UK funding
Pramod Thomas
By Pramod ThomasMar 18, 2023
Pramod Thomas

Pramod Thomas is an assistant editor at Eastern Eye, where he covers British Asian affairs and key developments in UK politics and business. With two decades of journalism experience, his areas of interest include business, international affairs, current events, arts and culture. 

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British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce said that it had secured UK funding to develop small nuclear reactors that could provide power on the Moon.

Rolls said the UK Space Agency had offered it £2.9 million ($3.5m) to help research "how nuclear power could be used to support a future Moon base for astronauts".

"Scientists and engineers at Rolls-Royce are working on the micro-reactor programme to develop technology that will provide power needed for humans to live and work on the Moon," the aerospace company added in a statement.

Rolls forecast its first car-sized reactor would be ready to be sent to the Moon by 2029.

Friday's news comes as US space agency NASA aims to return humans to the Moon in 2025.

It would be the first visit since the historic Apollo missions ended in 1972.

"Nuclear power has the potential to dramatically increase the duration of future lunar missions and their scientific value," Rolls said.

The group, best known for its engines powering Airbus and Boeing aircraft, will work alongside UK universities including Oxford on the space project.

(AFP)

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