BEIJING – China has plans of soon starting work on a massivenuclear-powered ship and has reportedly invited bids for its construction.
South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday that while the purpose ofthe ship has not been specified, the plan is to have a 152-metre long,32-metre wide and with a displacement of 30,000 tonnes.
The report further states that it has been planned as an ‘experimentalplatform’ although the country has plans of building nuclear-poweredaircraft carriers in the foreseeable future.
For now, China has plans of developing the nuclear-powered ship to test itscapabilities before diving straight into building nuclear-powered aircraftcarriers.
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The ship planned for now is expected to be fitted with two 23-megawattcompact pressurised water reactors which could propel it to speeds of up to11.5 knots.
The ship could have similarities with Russia’s nuclear-powered ice-breaking23,000-tonne ship.
