China-led lunar base to include nuclear power plant on moon's surface, space official

SHANGHAI - Preliminary plans for the China and Russia-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) include building a nuclear reactor on the moon's surface, a presentation by a Chinese space official on Wednesday (April 23) showed. The presentation by Pei Zhaoyu, chief engineer for China's 2028 Chang'e-8 mission, showed that the base's energy supply could also depend on large-scale sola