Rolls-Royce and U.K. Space Agency launch study into nuclear-powered space exploration
January 15, 2020, 12:02PMANS Nuclear Cafe
Tags:
Share:
A message from Exosens
A Technology Leader in Neutron Measurement
Related Articles
Nuclear energy for maritime shipping and coastal applications
July 16, 2025, 3:01PMNuclear News
The Boston-based Deon Policy Institute has published a white paper that examines the applications of nuclear energy in the maritime sector—specifically, floating nuclear power plants and...
U.K.’s own Rolls-Royce wins SMR competition
June 10, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News
Rolls-Royce SMR has emerged as the United Kingdom’s preferred bidder to build the country’s first small modular reactors following a two-year competition, the U.K. government announced...
Countering the nuclear workforce shortage narrative
May 27, 2025, 12:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
James Chamberlain, director of the Nuclear, Utilities, and Energy Sector at Rullion, has declared that the nuclear industry will not have workforce challenges going forward. “It’s time to...
Dragonfly, a Pu-fueled drone heading to Titan, gets key NASA approval
April 29, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News
Curiosity landed on Mars sporting a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) in 2012, and a second NASA rover, Perseverance, landed in 2021. Both are still rolling across the red planet in...
Former NASA official discusses the need for nuclear power in space
May 6, 2025, 12:01PMANS Nuclear Cafe
A recent episode of the podcast Space Minds features a discussion about the uses of nuclear power in space with Bhavya Lal, former associate administrator for technology, policy, and strategy...
April 29, 2025, 7:10AMNuclear News
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:ADVANCED REACTOR MARKETPLACE TerraPower’s Natrium reactor advances on several frontsTerraPower has continued making aggressive...
U.K. program offers young people a look at nuclear careers
March 27, 2025, 7:01AMANS Nuclear Cafe
Nuclear Waste Services recently hosted a group of five teenagers for a week of exposure to real-world nuclear industry work environments at its facilities in Calderbridge, Cumbria, in...
Looking up: The 2025 NETS conference
March 21, 2025, 12:00PMANS News
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2025) conference will take place May 4–8 in Huntsville, Ala. Registration for the meeting is now open, and...
A diamond battery for Valentine’s Day?
February 14, 2025, 12:00PMANS Nuclear Cafe
The world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery became a reality in a United Kingdom laboratory this past December when it was created by scientists from University of Bristol and the U.K....
Westinghouse’s lunar microreactor concept gets a contract for continued R&D
January 15, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News
Westinghouse Electric Company announced last week that NASA and the Department of Energy have awarded the company a contract to continue developing a lunar microreactor concept for the Fission...
