China unveils thorium-powered nuclear cargo ship that can carry 14,000 containers

Its 200MW thermal output matches the power of the US Navy’s S6W reactors used in Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarines. China has disclosed critical specifications for a nuclear-powered ‘world’s largest’ cargo ship under development, revealing it will be driven by a groundbreaking thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR) with a thermal output […]