US space agency Nasa will fast-track plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030, according to US media. It is part of US ambitions to build a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface.

As China and Russia have announced joint efforts to develop their own nuclear reactor on the moon, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and NASA officials intend to move quickly in the development

NASA's acting administrator, Sean Duffy, plans to accelerate the construction of a nuclear reactor that could be used on the moon and alter the way NASA will partner with industry to replace the aging International Space Station.