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Could nuclear power become shipping’s silver bullet?

Seatrade Maritime News 11 Dec 2023
The launch at Marintec China last week of a conceptual design for a nuclear-powered 24,000TEU container ship has rekindled the debate about nuclear power in shipping ... Crowley and BWXT team up for nuclear power plant concept ship ... Taking up far less space, MSRs would facilitate ship designs with more cargo capacity.
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OSU welcomes Navy delegation to honor USS Oklahoma, discuss naval pathways for students

O'Colly 11 Dec 2023
The name of the USS Oklahoma — a ship that was first commissioned in 1916 and served until it capsized following the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor — lives on ... The Virginia-class submarine is the second ship named Oklahoma and the first ship to be named after the 46th state since the battleship was lost.
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Putin says work to boost Russia’s naval power will continue

Anadolu Agency 11 Dec 2023
... Krasnoyarsk nuclear submarines. Expressing that five Yasen-M class submarines are being built at the same time, including the Arkhangelsk nuclear-powered cruiser, he said that Russia will implement all its plans for the construction of submarines and ships.
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At COP28, much talk but incremental gains

Hindustan Times 11 Dec 2023
PREMIUM COP28 UN Climate Summit is being held in UAE (AP Photo) ... On the sidelines of the climate talks, several global coalitions have emerged to promote specific agendas in terms of renewable energy, carbon capture and storage, nuclear energy, green hydrogen, emissions from international shipping and aviation etc ... The views expressed are personal.
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China Starts Up World's First Fourth-Generation Reactor, Readying Giant Nuclear Ship

Slashdot 09 Dec 2023
"The new ship model uses nuclear energy as a clean energy source and ... The proposed design of super-large nuclear container ships will truly achieve 'zero emissions' during the operation cycle of this type of ship," the journal Marine Time China said in its official WeChat account.
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Tenth newest icebreaker reactor for NSR is ready

The Arabian Post 08 Dec 2023
Rosatom State Corporation completed the production of the second RITM-200 reactor for the universal nuclear icebreaker Chukotka of the 22220 project ... This has improved the nuclear-powered ships’ speed and ice-crossing characteristics – the new-generation universal icebreakers are capable of conquering ice thickness up to 3 meters.
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More than 400 shipments of nuclear waste came to Carlsbad-area repository in 2023

Carlsbad Current Argus 08 Dec 2023
About 400 shipments of nuclear waste from around the ... TRU waste is made up of clothing materials, equipment and other refuse irradiated during nuclear activities, and is shipped by truck to the WIPP site where it is buried permanently in a salt deposit about 2,000 feet underground.
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The world’s largest nuclear-powered container ship is underway in China

SAFETY4SEA 08 Dec 2023
According to the Global Times, China has revealed the design of the world’s largest nuclear-powered container ship ... the world, and proposed the design of this ultra-large nuclear-powered container ship, according to the reports.
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How the USSR wanted to build a nuclear-powered AIRSHIP

Russia Beyond 08 Dec 2023
A giant dirigible balloon with a nuclear engine and almost 2,000 people on board – that’s how the USSR saw the future of airships ... This airship, comparable to an ocean liner, inspired the thought that a massive nuclear reactor, an engine and heavy biological protection would fit just fine in such a giant.
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Design for nuclear-powered ship unveiled

ECNS 07 Dec 2023
An illustration of the large nuclear-powered container ship, which can carry 24,000 standard containers ... China has unveiled a conceptual design for what could potentially become the world's largest nuclear-powered container ship.
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Exploring Energy Options

Yankton Daily Press 07 Dec 2023
42.3% nuclear, 30.1% coal, 7.4% wind, 6.4% hydroelectric, and 13.8% from all other sources such as natural gas or purchase agreements ... coal and nuclear. In Gillette, Wyoming, I toured the mines and processing facilities for the coal that is shipped to Gerald Gentleman Station in Sutherland.
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North Korea is getting new ships

Economist 07 Dec 2023
\nBetween January and May this year North Korea’s commercial fleet grew by 14 ships, according to the latest report by the UN panel of experts that is tasked with monitoring the sanctions regime placed on the country ... Yet since 2020 the hermit kingdom has acquired 52 ships ... China told the un it had no information on North Korea’s new ships.
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Russia Steps Up Arctic Route Trade with New Icebreaker

Rigzone 07 Dec 2023
Russia completed the second reactor and ship for nuclear-powered transport via the Arctic route ... .
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Putin visits UAE, Saudi Arabia

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 07 Dec 2023
Putin landed in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, that is hosting the United Nations' COP28 climate talks ... diplomacy ... Recent attacks by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels also threatens commercial shipping in the Red Sea as Iran's nuclear program continues its rapid advances since the collapse of the 2016 nuclear deal ... U.S ... .
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Controversy hangs over climate talks as countries weigh whether to ditch fossil fuels

CNN 07 Dec 2023
fossil fuels. The trade-show-like pavilions — where countries have for days been touting everything from zero-carbon shipping to nuclear fusion energy — are slowly starting to empty. One European nation’s pavilion had just three staff members left late Wednesday morning, all rushing out to catch a flight home ... .

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Russian President Vladimir PutiRussian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech as he attends a flag-raising ceremony for newly-built nuclear submarines at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk in Russia's Archangelsk region, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The navy flag was raised on the Emperor Alexander III and the Krasnoyarsk submarines during Monday's ceremony. Putin has traveled to a northern shipyard to attend the commissioning of new nuclear submarines, a visit that showcases the country's nuclear might amid the fighting in Ukraine. ()n delivers his speech as he attends a flag-raising ceremony for newly-built nuclear submarines at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk in Russia's Archangelsk region, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The navy flag was raised on the Emperor Alexander III and the Krasnoyarsk submarines during Monday's ceremony. Putin has traveled to a northern shipyard to attend the commissioning of new nuclear submarines, a visit that showcases the country's nuclear might amid the fighting in Ukraine. (Kirill Iodas, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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