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Nuclear energy for maritime shipping and coastal applications
The Boston-based Deon Policy Institute has published a white paper that examines the applications of nuclear energy in the maritime sector—specifically, floating nuclear power plants and nuclear propulsion for commercial vessels. Topics covered include available technologies, preliminary cost estimates, and a status update on the regulatory framework.
Unique opportunity: The paper points out that nuclear energy has the potential to benefit the shipping industry with high energy efficiency, lower operating costs, and zero carbon emissions. The report has a special focus on Greece, a nation that controls about 20 percent of the global commercial fleet and thus has an opportunity to take a leading role in the transition to nuclear-powered shipping.
B. T. Adams, J. E. Morel
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 115 | Number 3 | November 1993 | Pages 253-264
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE115-253
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A two-grid acceleration scheme for the multigroup Sn equations with neutron upscattering is developed. Although it has been tested only in one-dimensional slab geometry with linear-discontinuous spatial differencing, previous experience suggests that it should be applicable in any geometry with any spatial differencing scheme for which an unconditionally efficient diffusion-synthetic acceleration scheme exists. The method is derived, theoretically analyzed, and computationally tested. The results indicate that the scheme is unconditionally effective in terms of error reduction per iteration and highly efficient in terms of computational cost.