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Emerging technology
| 题名： | Emerging technology |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | STEPHEN COUSINS |
| 摘要： | No nuclear-powered ships currently sail under the UK flag or visit UK ports - with the exception of submarines - but that could change with the introduction of a legislation to facilitate the uptake of the clean-burning but environmentally damaging and controversial fuel. In early 2022, the UK government consulted on the proposed Merchant Shipping (Nuclear Ships) Regulations 2021, which will transpose Chapter Ⅷ of the SOLAS convention into UK law. The intention is to establish a legal framework for nuclear ships, which could open the door to a new generation of nuclear-propelled merchant vessels. The argument for introducing zero-emissions nuclear energy into the fuel mix is compelling. Shipping is one of the world's biggest polluters and more progress needs to be made to cut pollution, particularly in the United Kingdom, which has set the ambition to hit net zero by 2050. This case study is therefore applicable to ports around the world, which are looking to establish similar regulations in the near future. LNG, currently the sector's most strongly supported alternative to polluting heavy fuel oil, is only capable of a 23% reduction in greenhouse gases, compared with current oil-based marine fuels. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Ports & harbors |
| 卷： | 67 |
| 期： | 2 |
| 页码： | 10-13 |
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