China’s Jiangnan Shipyard hopes to build the world’s first vessel powered by new molten salt reactor (MSR) technology.

A prototype for a huge 24,000-teu nuclear-powered container ship was unveiled at the Marintec China exhibition this week.

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Molten salt reactors are claimed by their developers to be safer and more efficient than uranium reactors used previously in warships.