SSFS Webinar on “Future of Nuclear Power in Decarbonization Trim” (Giulio Gennaro)

In the webinar, CORE-POWER study on marine Molten Salt Reactors (m-MSR) will be presented. The study concluded that m-MSR is the most sustainable and economic option to decarbonize shipping and maritime/offshore operations due to the fact that they will provide safe (low total life cycle externalities and risk), abundant electric power (high reliability, high availability, power on demand), and at low cost (not only in respect to private costs but also in respect of usage or resources). m-MSR will power directly large ocean-going vessels and offshore floating facilities such as power plants, desalination plants, FPSOs, and others. m-MSR will also be an excellent option, possibly the dominant one, to produce low carbon electro fuels, thanks to being cheap, compact, highly scalable, in addition to having a very high capacity factor, contrary to variable renewable energy sources. The development of m-MSR technology is on-going and the first m-MSR powered vessel is planned for launch by 2030.