• LeZero [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    I know the standards of construction between civilian and military shipping are pretty different, but we have had nuclear powered ships for a while now (nuclear aircraft carrier notably) and they sail pretty fine

    Actually there are civilian nuclear powered ships, the USSR and the Russian Federation have built nuclear powered icebreakers (shoutout the Lenin ) which have had accidents but as far as I can tell, no human losses occurred

    So I’d say building nuclear cargo ships isn’t really in the realm of science fiction, as long as proper construction standards are applied