Tag: nuclear power

A group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) solved the biggest problem in the development of nuclear fusion power, which is the magnet.

Samsung Heavy Industries will collaborate with with the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to develop nuclear-powered ships.

A team of researchers from Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Canada, conducted a study claiming that a small-scale nuclear reactor along with renewable energy sources can help shipping cut GHG emissions.

In 2019 everyone in shipping was waiting for 2020 and the introduction of the 2020 sulphur cap. 2020 came and in spite concerns that shipping would not be able to comply with the regulation, the majority of ships actually complies. New, green fuels, like LNG and hydrogen have sure helped, as well as scrubbers. However, the need for further decarbonization is getting bigger and bigger, and the answer may be lying on a rather controversial solution: nuclear power.

The world’s third-richest man, Bill Gates and its company TerraPower launched a nuclear ship battery collaboration with Core-Power and the Orano USA, in order to develop Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) atomic technology in the United States.

Two Russian companies joined forces on Thursday, April 23, for the construction of the world's most powerful nuclear icebreaker, in their efforts to improve trade though the Northern Sea Route (NSR).

The world's first nuclear-powered merchant vessel "N.S. Savannah" set sail from Philadelphia and is returning back to Baltimore. According to the Maritime Administration, the vessel was under maintenance at Northeast Ship Repair of Philadelphia.

Although the widespread environmental and safety concerns, the Russia's floating nuclear power plant officially started to supply electricity to a remote port in Siberia. Specifically, the state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced that the electricity production begun on Thursday 19 December.

Russia’s largest and most powerful nuclear-powered icebreaker returned from its stage one of sea trials prior to its planned delivery in May 2020. Namely, Arktika, which is still under construction at Russia’s Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, departed St. Petersburg on December to the Gulf of Finland, returning two days later after completing testing of the ship’s generators, navigation and communications systems. 

The shipping industry is experiencing a green-‘frenzy’ right now, trying to find the best solution to reduce its emissions, and achieve decarbonization. Many measures have already been suggested for this cause; scrubbers, alternative fuels, slow steaming. However, there is a completely zero-emission solution, but it is quite controversial. Its name? Nuclear power.