Yea we've already made nuclear powered ships and submarines. It's very possible, and moving forward because of climate change, it will be a necessity to produce the power we need with no carbon emissions.
You would actually be able to design them to be much simpler without the smoke stack as well. Several major design benefits that would trade off the management of nuclear fuel handling. The handling of the core could be such that it's contained during the entire swap out procedure for safety, so no radiation exposure occurs, and the vehicle wouldn't need to wait long.
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radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 45d
A nuclear powered cruise ship wouldn't be a terrible idea. Diesel powered ships are incredibly dirty.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 16 pts · 45d
diesel? if only!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_fuel_oil
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 45d
I wondered why the smoke from the ferry I got earlier this year was tinged yellow
iocase@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 45d
Mazut is dramatically worse than Bunker C, which is already bad enough.
safesyrup@feddit.org · 3 pts · 45d
Yeah, most near ports they have to switch to actual diesel as to not pollute the air and it's still notacable.
espentan@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 45d
Dirty? What do you mean, I can still see some of the fjord down there.
(This is from Geiranger, Norway - there's no industry and little pollution beyond what comes from cruise ships).
Photo source.
jaykrown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 45d
Yea we've already made nuclear powered ships and submarines. It's very possible, and moving forward because of climate change, it will be a necessity to produce the power we need with no carbon emissions.
jaykrown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 45d
You would actually be able to design them to be much simpler without the smoke stack as well. Several major design benefits that would trade off the management of nuclear fuel handling. The handling of the core could be such that it's contained during the entire swap out procedure for safety, so no radiation exposure occurs, and the vehicle wouldn't need to wait long.
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 44d
Carnival Cruise lines has entered the chat, whereupon it promptly rolled on its side like it was a dog begging for a belly scratch..
workerONE@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 45d
"During her active career, Savannah traveled 450,000 nautical miles (830,000 km), visiting 45 foreign and 32 domestic ports"
cool
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 45d
And now I did too.
Cool, thanks for sharing, I had no idea