Russia has begun developing a nuclear power plant that will be delivered to the Moon and installed there to operate the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS).
This is reported by RIA Novosti, citing the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov. Earlier, Borisov said that Moscow and Beijing plan to deliver and install a nuclear power plant on the surface of the Moon in 2033-2035. Such a plant is necessary in order to create a compact, reliable, long-term and durable energy source on the Moon for the operation of the ILRS. Delivery will be carried out automatically for radiation safety reasons.
The first stage of the creation of the Russian-Chinese project International Lunar Research Station, to which Belarus, the UAE and Pakistan already intend to join, will start in 2025. By 2035, the research station will be completed and will start operating.
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