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Nuclear Propulsion of Merchant Ships 1

Alternativ tittel: Kjernefysisk fremdrift i handelsflåten 1

Tildelt: kr 10,0 mill.

Hovedformålet med NuProShip I (Nuclear Propulsion of Merchant Ships 1) er å tilpasse en Generation IV SMR til behovene til internasjonale handelsflåten. Det tekniske startpunktet er en allerede godkjent reaktordesign på ca 25–55 MW. Prosjektet skal således analysere og vurdere gjennomførbarheten på tre ulike reaktordesign innen Generation IV domenet. I tillegg til en mindre variant av LeadCold og KTH’s videreutviklede BREST reaktor, skal prosjektet også inkludere en saltsmeltereaktor og en høg-temperatur, helium gasskjølt reaktor. Den nukleære teknologien vil bli analysert, men også bl.a. regulatoriske forhold, sikkerhet, skipsdesign implikasjoner, vedlikehold, håndtering av radioaktivt restmateriale og opplæring av mannskap. Prosjektet vil så gi grunnlag for et nytt prosjekt som kalles NuProShip II der den beste løsningen fra NuProShip I vil bli analysert videre med det formålet å utvikle an fungerende løsning. I NuProShip III vil denne løsningen bli testet.

NuProShip I is the first project in three projects that constitute the entire research program denoted NuProShip, an abbreviation for Nuclear Propulsion of merchant Ships. The ultimate purpose of the research program is to develop a commercially viable zero-emission technology for deep-sea ships that satisfies all stakeholders and requires no subsidies after the initial development process. These ships emit in total more climate gasses the all of Germany combined. Today, there are no viable solutions for this type of ships and most are even technically impossible. Hence, there is a solid case for executing this research program. The research program is taking Generation IV reactors as its point of departure due to their superior performance on all parameters including safety, costs, waste, complexity and size. Developing such a technology for the maritime domain will be a "new to the world" innovation. Due to the complexities involved we must first perform a thorough concept and feasibility study, which is the objective of NuProShip I. To pull this demanding project off, we have assembled experts in various domains. The expertise is not only academic, but also from real-life nuclear projects, real-life maritime shipping and real-life ship design, class and regulatory expertise. The work is split into four work packages each with major R&D challenges. The first is the nuclear island and everything that goes with it including land-based matters such as harbor and nuclear waste treatment. The second investigates all the technical implications for ships while the third studies the operational issues at sea. A fourth work package assembles all the insights from the previous three to estimate economic- and environmental effects including risks and future development needs.

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