Plans for Nuclear-Powered 24,000 TEU Containership Unveiled in China
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Re: Plans for Nuclear-Powered 24,000 TEU Containership Unveiled in China
#2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah Related ship back during the nuclear tech boom.
Re: Plans for Nuclear-Powered 24,000 TEU Containership Unveiled in China
#3Rumor mill has been that China was planning on their type 004 class aircraft carriers to use molten salt reactors as well. These were apparently planned to enter service around 2030. More recent rumors have suggested that the MSR program has been running behind schedule.
Anyhow, interesting dual use and program derisking thoughts there.
Re: Plans for Nuclear-Powered 24,000 TEU Containership Unveiled in China
#4Given chinas massive economic downturn theres no shortage of container ships.
Re: Plans for Nuclear-Powered 24,000 TEU Containership Unveiled in China
#5The fact that we as a world economy are not significantly relying on nuclear power at this point is one of the biggest failures of climate change policy, if not the biggest failure ever. Yes, waste is a concern which needs to be managed responsibly. But at worst, the waste would only contaminate a finite area where it is stored. Climate change will affect literally everywhere on Earth. The US Navy has operated reactors for 70 years with a perfect safety record, yet people still fall victim to FUD insinuating that using nuclear is automatically asking for another Chernobyl or Fukushima. If you aren't serious about nuclear, you aren't serious about climate change.
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#6It says they will use a molten salt reactor--has anyone made one of those work reliably? I don't actually know--I just have a vague sense that every molten salt reactor I've read about suffered from corrosion problems and had to be shut down.
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#7It says they will use a molten salt reactor--has anyone made one of those work reliably? I don't actually know--I just have a vague sense that every molten salt reactor I've read about suffered from corrosion problems and had to be shut down.
Surely a ship at sea need not be worried about such a well-understood problem as salt corrosion!
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#8It says they will use a molten salt reactor--has anyone made one of those work reliably? I don't actually know--I just have a vague sense that every molten salt reactor I've read about suffered from corrosion problems and had to be shut down.
Surely a ship at sea need not be worried about such a well-understood problem as salt corrosion!
Or lack of coolant water...
Re: Plans for Nuclear-Powered 24,000 TEU Containership Unveiled in China
#9The fact that we as a world economy are not significantly relying on nuclear power at this point is one of the biggest failures of climate change policy, if not the biggest failure ever. Yes, waste is a concern which needs to be managed responsibly. But at worst, the waste would only contaminate a finite area where it is stored. Climate change will affect literally everywhere on Earth. The US Navy has operated reacto…
> The US Navy has operated reactors for 70 years with a perfect safety record
Loss of the vessel is a unique concern for naval equipment. The reactors on the Scorpion and Thresher have been slowly diffusing into the environment for the past 50 years. I'd be interested to know how contamination from these compares to Fukushima.
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#10Given chinas massive economic downturn theres no shortage of container ships.
The problem is the vast amount of pollution that those ships generate. In theory this alternative would provide the same service with far less ecological impact. Actually getting modern nuclear reactors to perform as expected has resulted in complications.