Floating Nuclear Reactors

[Marlin]

Floating Nuclear Reactors Might Make More Sense Than You'd Think


http://gizmodo.com/floating-nuclear-reactors-might-make-more-sense-than-yo-1563779767

[mars88]

Not anything new--the US Army had several floating reactors in the 60's and 70's which were under an Army NPP license (just like SL-1).  One of them--the Sturgis--powered the Panama Canal off and on for several years.

They were all decommissioned in the late 70's, and the reactors were removed, but the radioactive piping remains.  All are still under an Army radioactive materials license.  The Sturgis is maintained at a pier in Baltimore, and is scheduled to be towed later this year to Texas and be dismantled.

[SloGlo]

they should gist convert old navy nuke ships instead of decomish.

[Marlin]

Not anything new--the US Army had several floating reactors in the 60's and 70's which were under an Army NPP license (just like SL-1).  One of them--the Sturgis--powered the Panama Canal off and on for several years.

They were all decommissioned in the late 70's, and the reactors were removed, but the radioactive piping remains.  All are still under an Army radioactive materials license.  The Sturgis is maintained at a pier in Baltimore, and is scheduled to be towed later this year to Texas and be dismantled.

Yes sort of, these are more like drilling platforms towed out to sea rather than portable reactors tied to a pier.

[tr]

What goes around comes around.  The 1970's floating plants were supposedly the original reason for coming up with the ice condenser containment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_Power_Systems

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-american-plan-to-build-nuclear-power-plants-in-the-ocean-27801262/?no-ist