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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Crew.

People are very expensive, and those with nuclear operations skills are even more expensive. The direction is cargo ships is autonomy, having a ship with a smaller crew, just to monitor the automation and call someone if pirates show up. Nuclear is for longer endurance, 6+ months without surfacing in a nuclear sub, and that’s not cargo ships.

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