Bureau Veritas has entered an agreement with nuclear power technology developer ThorCon to develop a 500-MW nuclear power barge for operation in Indonesia.
The first step will be to provide technology qualification for Thorcon’s molten salt fission reactor and hull unit, which, unlike traditional nuclear reactors, operates at low pressure and uses liquid fuel.
The power plant would be integrated within a floating barge hull and towed to a shallow-water site before being ballasted to rest on the seabed.
