"South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering plans to develop a small modular reactor for use in shipping in cooperation with the UK's Core Power and the USA's Southern Company and TerraPower."

We know there are nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers. How you you all feel about nuclear powered container ships?

"The shipping industry consumes some 350 million tonnes of fossil fuel annually and accounts for about 3% of total worldwide carbon emissions. In July last year, the shipping industry, via the International Maritime Organization, approved new targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, aiming to reach net-zero emissions by or around 2050."

"There is no net-zero without nuclear."

"In January this year, a memorandum of understanding was signed between Lloyd's Register, Zodiac Maritime, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and Kepco Engineering & Construction for the development of nuclear-propelled ship designs, including bulk carriers and container ships."

"The reactor to be jointly developed centres around TerraPower's Molten Chloride Fast Reactor design. The technology uses molten chloride salt as both reactor coolant and fuel, allowing for so-called fast spectrum operation which the company says makes the fission reaction more efficient. It operates at higher temperatures than conventional reactors, generating electricity more efficiently, and also offers potential for process heat applications and thermal storage. An iteration of the Molten Chloride Fast Reactor -- known as the m-MSR -- intended for marine use is being developed by TerraPower."

Korean shipbuilder joins maritime small modular reactor project

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