Nuclear propulsion for merchant ships
Creators
- 1. Societe Technique pour l'Energie Atomique (Technicatome), Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
Description
Nuclear propulsion was first used in submarines. The experience acquired in this way has shown the characteristics of naval propulsion reactors: essentially reliability, strength, manoeuvrability and ease of operation. The technique has now been perfected and the development of nuclear propulsion depends mainly on problems of safety, economic competitivity and legislation. With regard to safety, the technical solutions concern essentially the interface with the ship. Competitivity must be studied, not only in the case of replacing a conventional boiler by a nuclear boiler on a given type of vessel, but also against the wider background of a system of transport with optimization of all the factors of its economy. Finally, operation is governed seriously by legislation and much still remains to be done in this field
Abstract (French)
La propulsion nucleaire a trouve son domaine d'election dans les sous-marins. L'experience ainsi acquise a mis en evidence les caracteristiques des reacteurs de propulsion navale essentiellement fiabilite, robustesse, manoeuvrabilite et facilite d'exploitation. La technique est actuellement au point et le developpement de la propulsion nucleaire repose essentiellement sur les problemes de surete, de competitivite economique et de legislation. Pour la surete les solutions techniques concernent essentiellement l'interface avec le navire. La competitivite doit etre etudiee, non pas seulement dans le cas de substitution d'une chaufferie nucleaire a une chaufferie conventionnelle sur un navire de type donne, mais dans le cadre plus vaste d'un systeme de transport avec optimisation de tous les facteurs de son economie. La legislation enfin conditionne serieusement l'exploitation et beaucoup est encore a faire dans ce domaineAdditional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- La propulsion nucleaire des navires marchands
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Entropie
- Journal Volume
- 12
- Journal Issue
- 68
- Series
- Entropie.
- Journal Page Range
- 29-33
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 7279309
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LEGAL ASPECTS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; SAFETY; SHIP PROPULSION REACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- POWER REACTORS; PROPULSION REACTORS; REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS