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Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Dutch and German designs for an European nuclear propelled ship most suitable to realized according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated 26 July 1962

An item referred to OESO informants reporting that the in the Netherlands (1) made design for building a European nuclear propelled ship was just like the in Germany (2) with Euratom made design contender for the most suitable project. The Reactor Centrum Nederland, de shipbuilding industry and the Stichting voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (T.N.O.) designed a 53.000 nuclear propelled tanker.

Notes
1. Never realized
2. The only German built nuclear propelled merchant ship was the Otto Hahn, ordered on 27 November 1962, laid down by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany with yard number 1103 on 31 august 1963, launched on 13 June 1964, completed on 1 October, commissioned on 11 October 1968 and as the Liberian-flagged Madre sold to be broken up in 2009. IMO 6416770 and call sign A8GI9.