Why people want to put nuclear reactors on ships

Most ships today run on sticky, dirty bunker oil. The industry is desperate for ways to change that – but we might have overlooked the most obvious contender: nuclear energy. The military has long used reactors to power submarines and aircraft carriers. Could this also work for commercial ships? #PlanetA #nuclear #shipping Credits: Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Video Editor: David Jacobi Supervising Editor: Adam Baheej Adada, Kiyo Dörrer Factcheck: Alexander Paquet Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:08 Ships' CO2 problem 02:16 Nuclear fix 04:24 Gen IV reactors 05:51 Safety and EPZs 07:52 (Lots of) regulation 10:09 When are they ready? Read more: NuProShip study: https://www.vard.com/assets/Documents... Review of old shipping reactors: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4362/6/1/5 Old brochure for the NS Savannah: https://maritime.org/tour/savannah/sa... Full documentary on NS Savannah: https://whatisnuclear.com/news/2023-0... We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. We'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la...