Space/Science — HabitableZone

Space/Science » in reply to A floating nuclear power plant

First? Depends on how you define it.

Floating nuclear reactors have operated safely on military (and a few commercial) ships for decades, docking near populated areas, and nobody gives it a second thought.

The Savannah

Given modern reactor technology and the infrastructure already in place to support military ships, I wonder if nuclear powered large cargo ships would be financially practical again. Oil tankers?

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