Repurposing a reactor from space to surface

A colony ship is sent to Enceladus. It has a nuclear reactor to provide power to life support, electric engines etc... Upon arrival, the colonists also need a reactor to melt holes into the ice and to provide power for living.

Is it realistically possible that a nuclear rector could be designed to perform in both roles? And could the colonists survive handling and reinstalling the already used core with all the fission fragments and daughter elements in it?

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