A South Korean shipbuilding company has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model using small modular reactor (SMR) technology, potentially accelerating the development of nuclear-powered vessels.
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), an intermediary holding company for HD Hyundai's shipbuilding sector, revealed its nuclear-powered container ship design model for the first time at the New Nuclear for Maritime Houston Summit, held at the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, US.
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