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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by dghlsakjg on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @12:47AM (#30838874)
All of the ships you linked to are operated by Rosatom or its predecessors.

That is essentially a state operator as far as I can tell.

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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by krasin on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:02AM (#30838963)
State != military, though. For instance, all France nuclear power plants are operated by Électricité de France (EDF) that is substantially owned by the French Government, with around 85% shares in government hands ([1]).

I don't see a problem having nuclear container ships to be operated by civilian governmental agencies / state-owned enterprises. This might not work for the US, but we often have very unique ways of doing things.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France

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