This study presents a cost/benefit analysis for the utilization of uranium in merchant ships versus the use of uranium for the generation of electricity in central power stations. The study concludes that an alternative naval fuel to oil must be developed for the merchant marine to reduce U.S. dependency upon foreign supplies of a critical fuel. The study further indicates that use of uranium for ship propulsion results in transport of large quantities of needed import/exports while the residual oil saved will generate the same quantity of electricity in a central power station as the uranium used for ship propulsion.
Utilization of Uranium Cost/Benefit Study for Nuclear Powered Merchant Ships
1977
64 pages
Report
No indication
English
Nuclear Propulsion , Marine Engineering , Marine & Waterway Transportation , Merchant ships , Nuclear powered ships , Benefit cost analysis , Oxide nuclear fuels , Uranium oxides , Marine surface propulsion , Natural resources , Fuel consumption , Supertankers , Uranium fuels , Very large crude carriers , Ultra large crude carriers , Fuel requirements
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