Uncle Sam aims to help nuclear energy find its sea legs
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Ahead of the launch, the US will hold an "Industry Day" on August 25 to showcase technology from American nuclear and maritime companies hoping to take a share of any future market. Every active US Navy aircraft carrier is nuclear-powered, giving it almost unlimited range without frequent refueling.The US Navy also used to operate nuclear-powered cruisers, such as the Virginia class, but these were retired after the end of the Cold War because they were costly to run. NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship when it was launched back in 1959, but again proved costly to run.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Ahead of the launch, the US will hold an "Industry Day" on August 25 to showcase technology from American nuclear and maritime companies hopi
- ▪Every active US Navy aircraft carrier is nuclear-powered, giving it almost unlimited range without frequent refueling.The US Navy also used to operate nuclear-powered cruisers, such as the Virginia class, but these were retired after the en
- ▪NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship when it was launched back in 1959, but again proved costly to run.
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