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  4. Earth 300 is the World's First Nuclear-Powered Superyacht

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  1. The nuclear megayacht designed to save the world

    Superyachts are often seen as opulent fuel-thirsty displays of wealth, but entrepreneur Aaron Olivera's design for Earth 300 envisages a megayacht that he says offer solutions to the climate crisis.

  2. This Nuclear-Powered Superyacht Is Longer Than the

    A nuclear-powered gigayacht longer than the Titanic, with 22 state-of-the art laboratories and a 13-story "science sphere," might sound like the floating headquarters of a criminal mastermind.

  3. How is this nuclear-powered superyacht tackling climate change?

    With room for 22 laboratories, 160 scientists and 20 students, the yacht will be powered by a Molten Salt Reactor - a new type of nuclear power that is 100 per cent emission-free. There's room ...

  4. NS Savannah

    NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship. She was built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 million (including a $28.3 million nuclear reactor and fuel core) and launched on July 21, 1959.She was funded by United States government agencies. Savannah was a demonstration project for the potential use of nuclear energy. [6] The ship was named after SS Savannah, the first steamship ...

  5. Climb aboard the Nuclear Ship Savannah in Baltimore, built in 1959

    The ship was launched in 1959, and its 74-megawatt nuclear reactor was powered up in 1961. Enlarge this image Erhard Koehler, Senior Technical Advisor for the ship, climbs the passenger staircase ...

  6. The nuclear megayacht designed to save the world

    REV Ocean, a similar project hailing from Norway, is a 182-metre long, US$484 million superyacht designed to investigate overfishing, climate change and plastic pollution. Funded by fishing and ...

  7. This Nuclear-Powered Superyacht Is Longer Than the Titanic and ...

    A nuclear-powered gigayacht longer than the Titanic, with 22 state-of-the art laboratories and a 13-story "science sphere," might sound like the floating headquarters of a criminal mastermind ...

  8. Nuclear-powered yachts: a viable option towards achieving net-zero

    In this article, Tom Walters, Partner at law firm HFW, takes a look at what may be the next frontier in yacht propulsion: nuclear power. Nuclear is not new technology. In 1953, US President Eisenhower announced the "Atoms for Peace" nuclear programme, and the following decades saw the development and operation of several global experimental ...

  9. Will Scientists Save The World Aboard This Nuclear-Powered 980 ...

    Will Scientists Save The World Aboard This Nuclear-Powered 980-Foot-Long Superyacht? Earth 300/Iddes Yachts. The confluence of science and superyachts may sound a bit far-fetched but, the world ...

  10. Nuclear Powered Superyacht a Scientific Research Hub on the High Seas

    Earth 300 is a company building a 984-foot nuclear-powered superyacht to host scientific research on the high seas. The mega yacht houses 22 state-of-the-art science labs in a 13-story "Science Sphere" and will host 160 of the world's leading scientists.

  11. Why A Superyacht Designer Is Building An Amazing Nuclear-Powered

    The Earth 300 team hope that by bringing together scientists, students, private citizens and world leaders on their super-advanced science yacht, they will raise awareness about pressing global ...

  12. Nuclear-Powered Earth 300 Superyacht Is Where Luxury ...

    With a 300-meters length and 60-meters height, this minimalistic yacht looks even more impressive thanks to the 13-story glass sphere towards the stern. Believe it or not, this "Science Sphere ...

  13. The World's First Nuclear-Powered Superyacht

    This. Boat. Rocks. At 300 metres long by 60 metres high it's bigger than the Titanic. It runs on an exciting new breed of nuclear reactor, packs the latest q...

  14. Small-Scale Nuclear Power for Commercial Ship Propulsion

    Over the past 10 years, a small number of companies have developed small-scale nuclear reactors with output comparable to large commercial ships. Toshiba has developed an installation of 10MW ...

  15. Tickets for Nuclear-Powered Superyacht Are $3 Million for VIPs

    Tickets for a nuclear-powered superyacht will cost $3 million for VIPs and be free to scientists and students selected to help study climate change. Natasha Dailey. Apr 13, 2021, 8:13 AM PDT. The ...

  16. Step inside the world's only nuclear-powered passenger ship

    Deep inside the Port of Baltimore, past stacks of shipping containers and a plant that makes wallboard, sits the world's first, and only, nuclear-powered cruise ship - the NS Savannah. The ...

  17. Scientists, students wanted to live aboard a crazy, nuclear-powered yacht

    Earth 300. Life aboard a research vessel often isn't the most luxurious experience, but a new initiative called Earth 300 aims to change that by building high-tech science facilities atop a 968 ...

  18. Nuclear marine propulsion

    When the nuclear-powered Arktika class 50 Let Pobedy was put into service in 2007, it became the world's largest icebreaker.. Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear reactor.The power plant heats water to produce steam for a turbine used to turn the ship's propeller through a gearbox or through an electric generator and motor.

  19. Step inside the world's only nuclear-powered passenger ship

    Deep inside the Port of Baltimore, past stacks of shipping containers and a plant that makes wallboard, sits the world's first, and only, nuclear-powered cruise ship - the NS Savannah. The Savannah is the only nuclear-powered merchant ship the U.S. ever built, and the only nuclear vessel in the world designed with passengers in mind.

  20. TerraPower joins shipbuilders for nuclear-powered ships

    Nuclear power in maritime operations provides a high-energy density that enables ships to run continuously for extended periods sans refueling. Over 160 ships are currently propelled by over 200 ...

  21. Earth to CNN: No, a nuclear-powered superyacht won't save the world

    And there's another big problem with the plan for this overhyped 300-meter-long vessel and its global research: Earth 300, as the $700 million superyacht is called, will be powered by a molten salt nuclear reactor that doesn't exist yet and won't be certified for at least five years.The company's website illustrates the reactor with a scale model of an experiment done in the 1960s at ...

  22. Maritime industry explores nuclear power for ships as technology opens

    A speed boat and a sail boat pass as the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, departs for Yokosuka, Japan from Naval Station North Island in San Diego, California ...

  23. A tour of the only nuclear-powered passenger ship—the NS ...

    A tour of the only nuclear-powered passenger ship—the NS Savannah : Short Wave In the Port of Baltimore, a ship is docked that hasn't transported passengers for more than 50 years. It's the NS ...