Shipping companies urged to use nuclear power after test

After a test of nuclear power on a large container ship, classification society ABS now encourages its use in industry.
ABS has created a concept design that shows what a reactor aboard a ship could look like. | Photo: Illustration/ABS
ABS has created a concept design that shows what a reactor aboard a ship could look like. | Photo: Illustration/ABS

There is no way around nuclear power becoming a replacement for the heavy diesel, also known as bunker fuel, that powers virtually the entire global merchant fleet today.

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