Prospects for creation of civil nuclear powered ships

• Published in: Transactions of the Krylov State Research Centre
• Main Authors: Z. Ustinova, S. Ustinov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Krylov State Research Centre 2020
• Subjects: nuclear ship; arctic; icebreakers; nuclear reactor; carrier ships; Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering; VM1-989; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24937/2542-2324-2020-2-392-89-96; https://doaj.org/article/b50852a91d4d43ec83c4ca3f37cd7687

Object and purpose of research. This paper discusses conceptual ships with nuclear power plants to formulate some of their initial design requirements and limitations. Materials and methods. Analysis of available Russian and foreign publications, Class rules, reactor parameters and installation requirements. Main results. The study analyses main evolution stages, peculiarities and prospects of nuclear ships, formulating the recommendations on reactor compartment arrangement aboard a nuclear ship and giving the calculation expressions for its required volume. Conclusion. The paper formulates initial limitations for the arrangement of reactor compartment (containment) for nuclear carrier ships, comparing modern reactors of various capacity and pointing out, based on the analysis of various studies, the most promising types of ships for nuclear propulsion.