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Maritime / Study Shows Why Shipping Industry ‘Cannot Afford To Ignore’ Nuclear Propulsion

By David Dalton
25 July 2023

Reactors would eliminate CO2 and need for refuelling

Study Shows Why Shipping Industry ‘Cannot Afford To Ignore’ Nuclear Propulsion
Two lead-cooled, 30 MW fast reactors on a container ship would eliminate the need for refuelling during the vessel’s entire 25-year lifespan. Courtesy ABS.
The adoption of advanced nuclear reactors onboard a large containership would eliminate the need for refuelling of the vessel during its entire 25-year lifespan, a study by maritime classification society the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has concluded.

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