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Netherlands-based nuclear energy development and consultancy company ULC-Energy has undertaken a study that investigated the potential to use civil nuclear technologies to power commercial maritime vessels. The study was commissioned by mining company and shipping charterer BHP, a major producer of commodities including iron ore, copper, nickel, and metallurgical coal. BHP has approximately 80,000 employees and contractors, primarily in Australia and the Americas. 

Date: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbhp-to-consider-nuclear-powered-cargo-ships-11551624

Dutch nuclear energy development and consultancy company ULC-Energy BV has completed a study - commissioned by global mining company BHP - to investigate the potential use of civil nuclear technologies to power commercial maritime vessels.

Date: Saturday, 24 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/BHP-considers-nuclear-powered-cargo-ships

The nuclear industry has the solutions to assist end-users - from the shipping industry to data centres - in reducing their carbon emissions and meeting their decarbonisation goals, panellists at World Nuclear Symposium 2023 said.

Date: Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-industry-ready-to-help-end-users-cut-emiss

A collaboration between Danish and Indonesian companies will study the operational and regulatory conditions for constructing an ammonia production facility in Indonesia powered by Copenhagen Atomics' small and modular thorium molten salt reactors.

Date: Saturday, 20 May 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/SMRs-considered-for-Indonesian-fertiliser-plant

Nuclear has "come into the limelight" as the most realistic energy option for sustainable development, KEPCO President and CEO Seung-Il Cheong told delegates at the World Nuclear Symposium 2022 in London. However, speakers in a panel discussing sustainable development agreed one challenge to the increased use of nuclear is public opinion.

Date: Friday, 09 September 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-right-choice-for-sustainable-development,

A Memorandum of Understanding between the nuclear technology company and Invest Alberta supports commercialisation of Terrestrial Energy's Integral Molten Salt Reactor with a focus on reducing emissions in the oil and gas, and petrochemical industries.

Date: Saturday, 13 August 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Terrestrial-Energy-to-work-with-Alberta-on-SMR-com

On the same day that the US Department of Energy (DOE) moved forward with plans for a programme to develop regional clean hydrogen hubs across the USA, Westinghouse Electric Company and Bloom Energy Corporation said they are teaming up to identify and implement clean hydrogen projects across the nuclear industry.

Date: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-hydrogen-initiatives-make-progress

A joint study by Vietnamese power engineering consultancy PECC2, Denmark’s Seaborg, designer of power barges using compact molten salt reactors (CMSRs) and manufacturer Siemens Energy looked at the case for floating nuclear power plants to provide electricity as well as hydrogen and ammonia production.

Date: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Study-examines-option-for-floating-nuclear-power-i

US-based NuScale Power announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Prodigy Clean Energy and Kinectrics to explore and inform the development of a regulatory framework to address licensing and deployment of a Prodigy Marine Power Station (MPS).

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuscale-prodigy-and-kinectrics-to-propose-regulatory-framework-for-marine-deployed-smr-9261571

Japan has adopted a new energy policy promoting nuclear and renewables as sources of clean energy to achieve carbon neutrality targets for 2050.

Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapan-aims-for-increased-renewables-and-more-nuclear-restarts-9189704