I tried to look up how many potentially used nuclear powered ships are out there, since you could just drop an anchor and a ton of power all over the world with one, but it seems like a surprisingly short list outside of US navy. I guess it would make sense due to nonproliferation. What a shame though. Imagine if every other container ship had one of these power plants how many remote areas would probably meet a great deal of their energy needs from a battery array in their shipping port, rather than the current paradigm where they must provide dirty fuel for shipping companies that goes on to pollute the harbor.
As I understand it, naval reactors are cooled by seawater. Couldn't the coolant be diverted, causing the reactor to overheat and eventually meltdown? How dangerous a naval reactor meltdown would be I have no idea.
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I tried to look up how many potentially used nuclear powered ships are out there, since you could just drop an anchor and a ton of power all over the world with one, but it seems like a surprisingly short list outside of US navy. I guess it would make sense due to nonproliferation. What a shame though. Imagine if every other container ship had one of these power plants how many remote areas would probably meet a great deal of their energy needs from a battery array in their shipping port, rather than the current paradigm where they must provide dirty fuel for shipping companies that goes on to pollute the harbor.
Imagine a nuclear powered container ship captured by pirates.
Would not do them any good, without the skilled manpower to operate and maintain it
As I understand it, naval reactors are cooled by seawater. Couldn't the coolant be diverted, causing the reactor to overheat and eventually meltdown? How dangerous a naval reactor meltdown would be I have no idea.
Definitely not good, but wayyy less dangerous for humans and the environment than a huge oil spill
The fuel would still be contained so I would say so too.
Even if it wasn’t and sank uncontained to the bottom of the ocean, water makes a good radiation shield.