"Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon" is not a headline I imagined reading before last week. Sure, as a sci-fi loving nerd, I could see a future where nuclear power played a role in permanent Moon settlements.

Recently, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a U.S. reactor would be operational on the moon by 2030.

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges.

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy has directed the agency to fast-track plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

Even with the Trump administration slashing NASA’s budget and workforce, the space agency is moving ahead with a bold plan to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to Politico.

Is NASA going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's what Sean Duffy said about U.S. race against China in space and going to Mars.

The space agency has previously explored the possibility of installing a electricity-generating nuclear reactor on the lunar surface capable of powering a sustained human presence, but Duffy

The new temporary head of NASA wants to get nuclear power on the moon before China, which could mean another Florida launch with radioactive material.

The first moon landing under NASA’s return-to-the-moon program, known as Artemis, is scheduled for 2027, but many experts find that timeline unlikely. Many of the needed components, including the Starship lunar lander under development by SpaceX, are still unproven.