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Nuclear In Space / Work Begins On Design Of ‘Made In Italy’ Mini Reactor

By David Dalton
5 January 2023

Agreement paves way for cooperation on development and roadmap towards production 
Work Begins On Design Of ‘Made In Italy’ Mini Reactor
US space agency Nasa haas chosen three companies to provide an initial design concept for a fission surface power system. Courtesy Nasa.
Italy’s National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (Enea) has signed an agreement with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to design a “compact, light, reliable and safe” mini-nuclear reactor capable of producing energy for future lunar bases and the subsequent colonisation of Mars and deep space.

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