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The $47 million nuclear ship - that world refused to use

Powered by a nuclear reactor instead of fuel oil, Savannah could sail vast distances without refueling. The project was meant to demonstrate a futuristic vision of atomic-powered transportation. But ...
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Why nuclear-powered passenger ships never took off

During the optimism of the atomic age, engineers imagined ships powered by nuclear reactors that could travel for years without refueling. The United States built the NS Savannah to demonstrate this ...