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Researchers find advantages in floating nuclear power stations

Floating nuclear power stations would have both economic and safety benefits, according to the researchers. For one thing, they could take advantage of two mature and well-understood technologies: light-water nuclear reactors and the construction of offshore platforms, says Dr Buongiorno. The structures would be built in shipyards using tried-and-tested techniques and then towed several miles out to sea and moored to the sea floor.

In the 1970s there was a plan to build 1,200MW nuclear power stations off America's east coast. These would float on giant concrete barges surrounded by a breakwater. The scheme got as far as constructing a huge manufacturing yard near Jacksonville, Florida. But the idea faced opposition and was scrapped, in part because of technical and regulatory uncertainties. A newer generation of floating nuclear reactors would be safer and cheaper, but they are still unlikely to set sail without a fight.

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21601231-researchers-find-advantages-floating-nuclear-power-stations-all-sea

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_Power_Systems

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I am not too sure how I feel about this... It has way too much potential for a problem. I would like to see their proposals if it ever moves forward.