HMC&M Lecture: Guest Speaker Peter Wallace

Join the Houston Maritime Center and Museum lecture on October 8 with guest speaker Peter Wallace on maritime and offshore nuclear power.

The effort to decarbonize has catalyzed an interest in nuclear power for offshore and maritime systems. This initially started with the idea of drop-in replacement and has grown to be seen as a way to restructure parts of the offshore and maritime industries including offshore facilities and ships in new ways.

Advantages include near zero carbon emissions, refueling measured in 5-30+ year intervals. Other advantages such as access to process heat or high performance load following characteristics that can outperform diesels multiply the opportunities for nuclear power in the marine setting. 

Today’s challenges include access to available technologies and varying degrees of readiness from operators and their partners.

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