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Project Pele
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<p>Project Pele is a <a href="/facts/Project/7pXnTsmF">project</a> of the <a href="/facts/US_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">US Department of Defense</a> to build a deployable <a href="/facts/Nuclear_power_reactor/8xqjIbge">nuclear power reactor</a> for use in <a href="/facts/United_States_Armed_Forces/NHVsU9Id">United States Armed Forces</a> remote operating bases. </p><p>In 2020 the project was listed as relevant to lunar and Mars missions.: 15 presumably for surface operations rather than rocket propulsion. </p>