Shipping nuclear propulsion startup Core Power has formed a consortium with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Greece-based Athlos Energy to evaluate the potential of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs) to meet the energy demands of islands, ports and coastal communities in the Mediterranean Sea.

The consortium will research how FNPPs can unlock a wide range of applications including the provision of grid scale electricity to remote locations, decarbonising ports by providing emission free energy and providing reliable clean energy to desalination plants that will provide potable water to drought-affected coastal communities.