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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. This artist’s conception, which is not based on any specific design for a cargo ship, is intended to show the approximate scale of such a vessel. One is a thorium-fueled molten-salt reactor. Fourth-generation SMRs avoid all that.

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IEA/OECD Report Concludes Nuclear Power Could Provide 24% of Global Electricity by 2050

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Concepts for Gen IV Systems. Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). The industrial capacities and skilled human resources necessary to build, operate and maintain nuclear plants will also need to be increased over the next few years if nuclear is to expand rapidly. Sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR). Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR).

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