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That makes a lot of sense; probably why we only see nuclear reactors on military vessels.
by djsumdog 7y ago
That makes a lot of sense; probably why we only see nuclear reactors on military vessels.
- loeg 7y agoI've thought about this somewhat. We only trust the military to run nuclear reactors; ok, can we work with that? The US military is already a grift and jobs program; maybe we can turn the Navy into a grift and jobs program that is also an electricity utility.
- andromeduck 7y agoMake them power all the shipping, oceanic towboats.
- srg0 7y agoNot true. The fleet of Russian icebreakers relies mostly on nuclear propulsion. Wikipedia lists four different cargo ships equipped with a nuclear reactor at some point of time. The regulations and infrastructure are lacking but the interest is there. Burning oil to move goods around the world is not a sustainable long term solution. Nuclear propulsion might be.