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Norway Classification Society Backs Nuclear For Maritime, Approves Containership Design

By David Dalton
27 October 2025

Report warns of challenges on cost and regulation

Norway Classification Society Backs Nuclear For Maritime, Approves Containership Design
Norway-based registrar and classification society DNV has ended its long-standing opposition to nuclear power in shipping, saying progress in small modular reactor (SMR) and advanced reactor technologies could make nuclear propulsion commercially viable and accelerate maritime decarbonisation.

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