This study represents a qualitative extension of an earlier Environmental Impact Analysis of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Program (MarAd, 1975) using an Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC) as the reference ship, to other types of ships including a containership, dry-bulk cargo vessel, and an icebreaking oil tanker. This qualitative analysis shows that, for ships operating into coastal ports (containerships and possibly dry-bulk carriers), both ecological and radiological impacts would be somewhat greater than for the reference ULCC docking at an offshore terminal. These impacts can be kept within the guidelines established for land based nuclear power plants by implementation of appropriate operating procedures.
Environmental Impact Analysis of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Program-Addendum
1977
130 pages
Report
No indication
English
Water Pollution & Control , Nuclear Propulsion , Marine Engineering , Radiation Pollution & Control , Merchant ships , Nuclear powered ships , Environmental impacts , Thermal environments , Marine biology , Cooling , Marine terminals , Water pollution , Marine surface propulsion , Supertankers , Containerships , Ultra large crude carriers
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