US EditionRussia plans a nuclear power plant on the moon within a decade
Roscosmos contracted Lavochkin Association to build a nuclear plant by 2036 to power lunar research and infrastructure for the Russian-Chinese International Lunar Research Station.
- On December 24, 2025, Roscosmos announced plans to place a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2036, signing a contract with the Lavochkin Association aerospace company.
- To enable sustained lunar activity, Roscosmos framed the project as essential to power rovers, an observatory, and the International Lunar Research Station while supporting Mars exploration.
- Project documents list Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, and the Kurchatov Institute, with Dmitry Bakanov saying in June that a lunar nuclear plant is a Roscosmos aim.
- Amid a renewed race to the moon, Russia claims the United States is behind while NASA plans a lunar reactor by the first quarter of fiscal year 2030.
- Given legal and resource factors, international rules on space and nuclear materials permit nuclear energy sources, while the moon holds Helium-3 and rare earth metals including scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides.
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Russia Announces Plan to Put Power Plant on the Moon by 2036
Russia has announced a plan to put a power plant on the moon by 2036. Moscow’s state space corporation, Roscosmos, said in a Dec. 24 statement on the Telegram messaging app that it plans to build a lunar power plant by 2036 and signed a contract with the Lavochkin Association aerospace company to accomplish its goal. The purpose of the lunar power station, according to Roscosmos, is “long-term power supply to consumers (moon rovers, observatory)…
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