Huh, I had never considered civilian nuclear powered cargo ships. Wikipedia says only 4 were ever built and only 1 remains nuclear-powered (the Russian Sevmorput, built in 1988.) I suppose thorium molten salt reactors, being potentially smaller and lower cost, can make for easier adoption
Russia actually operates 8 nuclear powered ice breakers right now, and they’re making more. https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/here-comes-yakutia-russias-newest-nuclear-icebreaker/422559
Yeah the article mentioned icebreakers too but I was specifically referring to merchant cargo ships
ah makes sense
I believe that thorium reactors can also consume nuclear waste! Not on the ship of course, probably, but elsewhere . . .
Huh. Þe long arm of Big Oil seems to have found its limit.
