China’s space nuclear reactor could be 100 times more powerful than NASA

China’s space program has completed the development of a prototype of a powerful nuclear reactor. It could be 100 times more powerful than the one designed by NASA.

With China’s technological advances, scientists are calling for more comprehensive safety assessment and management.

As stated in the report South China Morning MailThe Chinese space program has completed the development of a prototype nuclear reactor. This program is building a reactor to keep up with other space agencies that have similarly pursued nuclear plans. For example, NASA, which recently called on private companies to develop a nuclear fission system for future lunar missions.

Likewise, China's space program, which has already built some of the components for its reactor, wants to fuel future missions to the Moon and Martha with nuclear power.

In turn, the nuclear reactor, which will be developed by China, will be able to generate one megawatt of electricity, making it 100 times more powerful than the device that NASA intends to send to the moon by 2030. nuclear fission from the US space agency will be able to supply about 40 kilowatts of energy - according to NASA, this is enough to power 30 homes for a decade.

While there is still little information available, the South China Morning Post reports that two scientists who helped develop the prototype of the project have confirmed its completeness, as well as some of its critical components.

According to Futurism, there is some concern about the secrecy surrounding China's space nuclear reactor program. This is due to the lack of government regulation of various possible unforeseen events.

There is an urgent need to create a safety assessment and management system, consistent with the technological status of our country, in order to increase transparency in the course of research and development, in order to reduce the concerns of the general public.

Said Zhang Jie, astronaut from Shanghai Institute of Space Traffic...

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