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NUCLEAR PROPULSION | SMALL MODULAR REACTORS

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SMALL MODULAR REACTORS

FOR MARITIME SHIPPING:

A NUCLEAR

PROPULSION PATHWAY

Nuclear power has already crossed oceans. The harder question is whether modern small modular reactors can be integrated, licensed and ? nanced for merchant ships, and where they make sense ? rst.

By Lakshya, Krish Uniyal and Raj Singh,

International Maritime Institute, Greater Noida, India

Image above: Conceptual view of an SMR module, turbo-electric conversion and reinforced containment zone installed in a bulk carrier. www.marinelink.com 33

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