NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030

Illustration of a small, faraway moon base on the hilly, crater-marked surface of the moon.

NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon.

For several years now, the agency has been working to get a 40-kilowatt fission system ready for launch to the moon by the early 2030s. But interim NASA chief Sean Duffy is about to announce a more ambitious path, via a directive set to be released this week, according to Politico.