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1. ExoticPearTree · 1789642429 · focus · HN ↗

   We need to start fitting nuclear reactors on cargo ships.

   The technology is proven and reliable. Not to mention no emissions.

   1. lxgr · 1789643542 · focus · HN ↗

      If you think about this for a minute, maybe you'll be able to form a theory for why this is already very common for military vessels, but not so much for unarmed civilian ones...

      1. ExoticPearTree · 1789647149 · focus · HN ↗

         Icebreakers are not military vessels and they have nuclear reactors.

         Probably initial cost is the reason this did not become something more common.

         1. sombragris · 1789685491 · focus · HN ↗

            I guess this is not exactly "cost", but also lifetime spans. A nuclear reactor can sustain a ship for about 20+ years, and that lifetime is too long for many ships, who would be headed out to the scrap yard in less time than that.

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