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Were there ever any plans to provide a space station, moonbase or Mars base with nuclear power? I know that both the American and Soviet space programs were planning on building nuclear rockets, especially for interplanetary voyages, but do we know of whether they were planning on putting nuclear reactors up in space just for the purpose of supporting human life?

It seems like this would be an essential component of any space colony. I mean, I guess you could go with solar energy on the Moon or Mars but it seems it would be much easier to provide electricity through a nuclear reactor. That makes me wonder how many personnel would have been required to manage even a miniaturized nuclear power plant...
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