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New U.S.-U.K. Tech Prosperity Deal includes nuclear propulsion for merchant ships

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Maritime nuclear technologies, including floating nuclear power plants and nuclear-powered merchant ships, are included in a new Technical Prosperity Deal announced yesterday by President Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The

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Technical Prosperity Deal includes marine nuclear propulsion

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Maritime nuclear technologies, including floating nuclear power plants and nuclear-powered merchant ships, are included in a new Technical Prosperity Deal announced yesterday by President Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The White House hailed the deal as “a landmark science and technology agreement that will propel the U.S. – U.K. special relationship to new heights for the technological age, and deliver wins for the American people and American innovation globally.”

The MOU outlining the elements of the deal says a lot about collaboration on AI, but another large piece of it has to do with civil nuclear energy and long time proponents of nuclear-powered merchant ships, including CORE Power and the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization (NEMO) have found much to like in that part of the Technical Prosperity Deal.

Commenting on the landmark agreement, Mikal Bøe, CEO of CORE Power said: “This agreement between two leading nuclear and maritime nations recognizes the economic benefit of civil

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