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Nuclear In Space / Rolls-Royce Gets Funding For Research Into Best Reactor Technologies

By David Dalton
8 April 2024

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Rolls-Royce Gets Funding For Research Into Best Reactor Technologies
Nuclear microreactors have the potential to dramatically increase the duration of future space missions. Courtesy Rolls-Royce.
UK engineering giant Rolls-Royce has secured £1.18m (€1.38m, $1.49m) in funding to develop the best technologies for a fission nuclear system for a range of space power missions.

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