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by bewo001 1003 days ago
Pirates and the habit of shipowners to hide responsibilities in a maze of sub contractors, charterers, and flags of convenience.

The the maritime industry's track record of preventing oil spills is pretty bad. Do we really want those people to routinely operate nuclear reactors?

This industry has an issue with faked crew certificates (https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/fake-certificates-conti...) "An EU-sponsored pilot project, branded ‘GetQuality’, revealed that “nearly every tenth seafarer worldwide” has experienced fraudulent certificates"

Insurance is already a tricky issue for land-based nuclear power plants. Who would insure a nuclear-powered ship? This was a major issue for the German nuclear cargo ship Otto Hahn.