Submitted by Vailhem t3_11tmv4w in technology
vorpal_potato t1_jcq8iex wrote
Reply to comment by ImUrFrand in Rolls-Royce secures funds to develop nuclear reactor for moon base by Vailhem
> terrestrial reactors rely on water for cooling and power generation through conversion to steam... which probably isn't going to work on the moon.
You can safely assume that the engineers working on this have thought of that. There are options that work on the moon. This isn't the first nuclear power plant designed to operate in a vacuum; e.g. NASA built and successfully tested one a few years ago.
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