Marine nuclear propulsion

[Mega]

Eric
Just wanted your thoughts on this, i mean i know they use Nuke powered ice breckers, but very few civil craft ever used atomic power. I seem to remember a Jap ship but it had alsorts of problems.

Now with a MEGA jump in the cost of oil and new reactor designs do you think we see a renewed intrest in them?

(Thus a greter demand for atomic fuels?)

Mike

[Lukester]

Miker have you taken a glance down this "Janszen's quick comment" section to see who's starting threads here? I'll say one thing, you are iTulip's biggest extrovert. You're just about everywhere matey! :D

[Mega]

Either Love me or hate.............BUT TALK TO ME!!!!!
:)
Mike

[Mega]

Luke
Its an honest upfront question, i know Eric has spoken about new reactor designs, i value his thoughts on this:-

Costs?
Reaction of people, would they allow Atomic ships?

Mike

[Lukester]

Miker - I love ya - but this is E.J.'s comments section, no?

Want me to send you a case of our lovely American beer in atonement? We have the best (watery) beer in the world, I swear.

[Rajiv]

Mike,

you may want to look at this - Nuclear Power for Commercial Ships (http://www.atomicengines.com/Ship_paper.html) and "Nuclear power for commercial vessels (http://http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/6429)" Just googling for commercial ships and nuclear power should give you access to information on this issue.

[Mega]

Hey Thanks Rav
I do think there might be the beginning of "Atmoic transport"....sure the Greens will kick off but when they go shopping @ Walmart they change their tune VERY quickly.

Mike

Luke
I don't drink!

[Lukester]

Luke - I don't drink!

Sorry mate, I didn't know that. Well, there's definitely going to be a payoff for the more scrupulous chaps like you when we all get to 'eaven. You'll probably get first dibs on all the best of everything up there in the heavenly ward - best digs, best grub, best weekend movies tix, best vacation time-shares, be on first name terms with all the movers and shakers at the soirees, automatic qualification for 'most-favored-heavenly-inmate' status, etc. Argh! It's enough to make me consider scrapping my "application form" altogether! I can't bear the idea of being rejected as an "unsuitable candidate"! Of course there are a lot of your countrymen who will be in the same boat I am. That's a consolation I suppose. :)

[The Outback Oracle]

Nah Luke...you've already paid your atonement on earth drinking all that terrible American beer!

Cheers

[Lukester]

Nah Luke...you've already paid your atonement on earth drinking all that terrible American beer! Cheers

Aussie Oracle - Well, when you mull it over, it's quite fitting that this thread (grieveously misappropriating space on E.J.'s pages) has degenerated into a discussion of American beer, (although it's got a nice "quality" kind of ring to it, doesn't it? "American Beer" - recalling our nation's greatness?) while the topic all along was supposed to be "marine propulsion". :D OK, I think we better call it off over here, before "FRED the horrorshow iTulip 'pliceman" [or one of the other iTulip 'plicemen'] comes round and knocks some heads together here, eh? But we can always point at Mega and say "It was his idear officer, honest!".

[FRED]

Eric
Just wanted your thoughts on this, i mean i know they use Nuke powered ice breckers, but very few civil craft ever used atomic power. I seem to remember a Jap ship but it had alsorts of problems.

Now with a MEGA jump in the cost of oil and new reactor designs do you think we see a renewed intrest in them?

(Thus a greter demand for atomic fuels?)

Mike

Mega,

If you stop posting to Janszen's Quick Comment we won't have to restrict your posting permissions.

EJ writes in:

I don't have an opinion on civilian marine nuclear power except that the security issues can be addressed via a licensing and technicals issue via engineering. I have for over 30 years viewed nuclear energy as a definable and technically solvable set of security and environmental problems whereas carbon emissions represent a set of predicable and unsolvable environmental problems. What is needed is motivation: $300 oil will do it.

[Mega]

Cool!
Mike