Suitcase-size fission reactors are a promising option for powering manned outposts on the Moon or Mars, said James Werner, leader of a team that’s scheduled to build a technology demonstration unit in 2012. Werner, speaking Sunday, Aug. 28, to the American Chemical Society, said the tiny reactor would lack cooling towers and other trademarks of terrestrial nuclear plants.
A team of scientists is proposing to bring nuclear power to what unusual location?
A team of scientists is proposing to bring nuclear power to what unusual location?
Answer: The Moon.
Suitcase-size fission reactors are a promising option for powering manned outposts on the Moon or Mars, said James Werner, leader of a team that’s scheduled to build a technology demonstration unit in 2012. Werner, speaking Sunday, Aug. 28, to the American Chemical Society, said the tiny reactor would lack cooling towers and other trademarks of terrestrial nuclear plants.
Suitcase-size fission reactors are a promising option for powering manned outposts on the Moon or Mars, said James Werner, leader of a team that’s scheduled to build a technology demonstration unit in 2012. Werner, speaking Sunday, Aug. 28, to the American Chemical Society, said the tiny reactor would lack cooling towers and other trademarks of terrestrial nuclear plants.