U.S. Department of Transportation agency that promotes the American merchant marine, shipbuilding, ports and maritime innovation.
DOE and the American Bureau of Shipping signed an Oct. 13 memorandum to study nuclear-powered ships and floating power plants. ABS says it has already published rules for floating nuclear plants, so the paper adds a federal channel to work that predates it.
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TOTE Services and Hanwha Philly Shipyard signed to build a new US missile-tracking ship, with the first, Golden Defender, due in 2030. TOTE credits its management model for the pace, though the ship reuses a hull that the same yard and manager have already built.
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Bluecore has a berth at Long Beach, a 185-foot barge and a federal memorandum that obliges nobody, which is a cheaper entry to the nuclear business than a licence and a much harder thing to value.
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CORE POWER and the Port of Corpus Christi Authority signed a readiness study whose own disclaimer rules out eight actions, licensing among them. What it produces is a question list other ports inherit.
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Bluecore Energy has leased Berth 48 at the Port of Long Beach for a floating small modular reactor, and the port has signed a standards agreement with MARAD. No licence application yet.
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