Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has produced a white paper intended to provide a summary of the analysis as to why nuclear power would make sense in the maritime sector.
The paper covers propulsion, coastal near-shore nuclear power plants and on-land installation using SMR (small modular reactor) technologies within port premises. It assesses the available and under-development technologies that are applicable for different purposes and the applicable regulatory contexts. It concludes with a plausible timeline if all the identified main challenges are addressed for the large-scale industrial deployment of nuclear power in the maritime industry.
The extensive study on which the paper is based was carried out by the New Energies Coalition, as part of one of its working groups led by BV, with the valuable contribution of CMA CGM, PSA International, and ONET, and in collaboration with a major global consultancy. It is intended to provide decision-makers with objective information on one of the possible zero-emission technologies for the future of maritime.
