The American Bureau of Shipping has approved the design of a container ship that would run on two molten-salt nuclear reactors, placed at midship, where collision and wave loads are lowest. With no fuel tanks and no funnel, that freed volume carries 15,000 boxes at 25 knots, on a hull sized for the
@paulg·Jul 20, 2026·2 sources·neutral
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American Bureau of Shipping approves a container ship design powered by two molten-salt nuclear reactors.
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The American Bureau of Shipping has approved the design of a container ship that would run on two molten-salt nuclear reactors, placed at midship, where collision and wave loads are lowest. With no fuel tanks and no funnel, that freed volume carries 15,000 boxes at 25 knots, on a hull sized for the
@paulg
Jul 20, 2026
The American Bureau of Shipping has approved the design of a container ship that would run on two molten-salt nuclear reactors, placed at midship, where collision and wave loads are lowest. With no fuel tanks and no funnel, that freed volume carries 15,000 boxes at 25 knots, on a hull sized for the
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Jul 20, 2026
