Since 2015, NASA and the United States Department of Energy have been working on the Kilopower project, which aims to develop a small, lightweight, and extremely reliable nuclear reactor that they ...

The Kilopower Project centerpiece is the Kilowatt ... With a high specific-power nuclear reactor, NEP systems can provide the necessary power for rapid transportation around the solar system.

“Photovoltaic energy generation coupled to certain energy storage configurations in molecular hydrogen outperforms nuclear fusion reactors over ... nuclear fission Kilopower system, PV power ...