Eli5 why there are no nuclear powered cargoships

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I Heard that the 10 largest cargoships produce that Same amount of pollution then all cars combined.

Why are there no nuclear powered cargo ships?

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as others have said, the reason cargo ships do not use nuclear is cost and complexity. most of the comments on here seem to think that the navy went with nuclear so that they would not have to refuel, but that is not right. they went nuclear for speed, so they could push that giant ship up to 30 knots and get where they needed to be, and to satisfy the power needs for all the electronics aboard.

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