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Nuclear Engineer Reacts to China Syndrome Explanation on How Nuclear Reactors Work

👨‍🔬 I'm a Nuclear Engineer with 10+ years of experience in nuclear power — from engineering ⚙️, operations ⚡, maintenance 🔧, emergency response 🚨, to capital projects 💰. I don’t know everything, ...
NPR

NASA plans to put a nuclear reactor on the moon. Here's what that means

The Trump administration is accelerating plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon to power a base for humans. The reactor would launch to the moon by 2030, according to a directive by acting NASA ...
The New York Times

NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges. By Kenneth Chang Nuclear reactors have been generating power on Earth ...
The Washington Post

These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck. How safe are they?

The Golden Chest Mine in the far northern reaches of Idaho seems an unlikely staging ground for clean power innovation. It is a throwback to an earlier era, the last hard rock gold mine in Idaho, ...