美国能源部（DOE）授予ABS船级社一份商用船舶核动力推进技术研究的合同。ABS表示，该研究旨在解决新型反应堆技术在商船上应用的难题，开发不同的先进反应堆技术模型，并为现代核能的商用化提供行业咨询。上世纪50年代，核能在航运领域的应用被认为有巨大的商业化潜力，但由于全球范围内的安全问题和船上操作系统的挑战，最终未能得到发展。NRIC主任Ashley Finan表示，这次合作是航运业减排的一个巨大机会。

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded ABS a contract to research barriers to the adoption of advanced nuclear propulsion on commercial vessels. According to ABS, the scope of the research project will address the challenges of adopting new reactor technology in commercial maritime applications. Nuclear power was considered to have great potential for the shipping industry in the 1950s, but it failed to develop with global safety issues and challenges in operating systems on board ABS will develop models of different advanced reactor technologies for maritime applications and develop an industry advisory on the commercial use of modern nuclear power. Support for the new project will be provided by the Department of Energy’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC), based at Idaho National Laboratory. NRIC will provide the advanced reactor framework to help propose how a maritime nuclear demonstration could take place.

Nuclear Power n.核动力; 核能

英 [ˈnjuːkliə(r)]  美 [ˈnuːkliər]

Tips：核动力是利用可控核反应（核裂变）来获取能量，从而得到动力、热量和电能。核动力船舶是指以核动力装置为主动力装置的船舶，它以反应堆核燃料代替普通燃料，具有功率大、续航时间长等优点。

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