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NASA and the Idaho National Laboratory on Friday, November 19, announced a collection of ideas for the construction of a nuclear power plant on the Moon, which could become an energy source independent of the Sun for a permanent habitable station, the Associated Press reports.

The Japanese company Honda has tested the second prototype of an AWV unmanned work vehicle in New Mexico. It looks like a small truck without a top. AWV can carry up to 399 kilograms, travel up to 45 kilometers and work up to six hours on a single charge.

An experiment on wireless transmission of electricity in space using a laser beam on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) has been included in the research program. This is reported in the report of specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, presented at the XXII Scientific and Technical Conference of the corporation. Such an experiment will take place for the first time.

The station can be placed in a polar orbit with a height of 200 km above the surface of the Earth satellite

The power supply of the circumlunar station in the case of its location in a low circumlunar orbit can be provided with the help of solar collector satellites. This idea was presented at RSC Energia, follows from the theses for the XXII Scientific and Technical Conference of Scientists and Specialists dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, the 75th anniversary of the rocket and space industry and the founding of the corporation.

Engaged in the implementation of large-scale projects in the field of nuclear technology, General Atomics (San Diego, California) has created a giant magnet for the largest thermonuclear reactor in history – ITER, which will begin operation in 2023 in the south of France.

A new development plan is being developed for the Votkinsk Plant, one of the largest enterprises in Udmurtia. Possible options were discussed by the head of the republic Alexander Brechalov and the general designer of the corporation of the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering Yuri Solomonov.

China will accelerate the energy transition with wind farms and photovoltaic projects. This promise was made by Chinese President Xi Jinping in his written address to the participating countries of the climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Xinhua news agency reports.

Morocco and Algeria, in the context of growing tensions in the region, will significantly increase defense spending in 2022, respectively, by 12% and 7.8%.

The Serov Mechanical Plant (SMZ) of the Technodinamika Holding, which celebrated its 90th anniversary on November 1, has more than tripled its revenue over the past five years.

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have proposed a concept following which bacteria delivered to Mars will be able to produce rocket fuel and liquid oxygen from the CO2 available there. The resulting fuel will be useful for refueling the spacecraft to return to Earth. Techcult has studied in detail the scientists' article in the journal Nature.

The head of the Civil Defense Organization of Iran, Gholamreza Jalili, who oversees the country's cybersecurity sphere, accused the United States and Israel of carrying out a cyberattack that this week led to unrest in the field of providing Iranian gas stations with fuel.

On the eve of the climate summit in Glasgow, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said that Russia is ready to accept spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from other countries for storage.

OMZ-Specialstal, a member of the OMZ Group, has signed a number of contracts with AEM-Technologies for the supply of rolled sheets made of corrosion-resistant chromium-nickel steel for the manufacture of equipment for the reactor hall of the Indian Kudankulam NPP, the Chinese Tianwan and Xudapu NPP. The total weight of the rental will be more than 745 tons.

Nuclear power companies in Central Russia have become targets of cyber attacks, said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev. According to him, over the past three years, more than 11.5 thousand dangerous computer attacks have been registered in the Central Federal District, this year their growth exceeded 15%.

The US Air Force and the Twelve energy company have created aviation fuel from carbon dioxide, water and energy from renewable sources. The military believes it will help them reduce their dependence on foreign oil and reduce carbon emissions. At the end of this year, they will decide whether to scale the technology and produce synthetic fuel in large quantities.

The Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, stationed in the Moscow region, began to receive modern tankers. This is reported by the press service of the ZVO.

So, in one of the logistics support units (MTO), the operation of the AC-14-63501 tanker truck, made on the chassis of the KamAZ-63501 four-axle all-terrain vehicle common in the Russian Army, began.

The State Corporation will also present a mock-up of the Zeus orbital complex and the transport and energy module

Roscosmos will present its exposition at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in Dubai (UAE), where for the first time abroad it will show a new model of the multifunctional laboratory module "Science", as well as a model of the Zeus orbital complex and the transport and energy module (TEM). This was reported on Sunday in the press service of Roscosmos.

The Scientific Research Institute (Research Institute) of the Shvabe Holding and the Shenzhen Kaifa Technology company signed a memorandum of cooperation, which defines the procedure for localization of the Chinese company's production in Russia.

The American Air Force Base Ailson, located in Alaska, was chosen by the military to host a small experimental nuclear reactor as part of a pilot program. The Pentagon, together with the US Department of Energy, is looking for possible ways to meet the growing demand for electricity, including on the battlefield.

Russian energy companies continue to use foreign software and hardware, which makes them vulnerable from the point of view of cybersecurity. Such conclusions were made following the results of the next meeting of the interdepartmental commission of the Security Council of Russia on information security.