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Saturday, April 28, 2012

The nuclear propulsion of merchant ships


 
Power market developments: nuclear shipping
The nuclear propulsion of merchant ships
15 August 2011
Environmental and economic considerations are turning the heads of shipping companies toward nuclear power for propulsion, particularly using small-to-medium size reactors. Although reactor technology may be well-understood, the way nuclear ships are built and operated will require organisational changes in the shipping industry. By John Carlton http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?storyCode=2060398

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