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China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping? (hackaday.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping?::Since China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) unveiled its KUN-24AP containership at the Marintec China Expo in Shanghai in early December of 2023, the internet has been abuzz about it. Not jus…

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

They're not a new idea, but the problem is that actually taking one into a port is a regulatory nightmare. Most jurisdictions have very, very strict rules around the handling of nuclear materials and would rather just say "Fuck off" than even contemplate the nightmare of getting something like into their waters with all of the proper tests and inspections completed.