MOTORSHIP
Nuclear and fuel cell alternatives foreseen
13 Jun 2014
‘Viking I’ was in many ways the forerunner of the current ro-pax ship
Such is today’s focus on alternative fuels that it seemed slightly odd to see that the same subject was a hot topic back in 1964.
The June 1964 issue of The Motor Ship began with a leading article about nuclear power, then on the next page we found a news item about fuel cell development.
Official British proposals for nuclear power for ships were described as a ‘whitewash’, while fuel cells were received in a considerably kinder vein, despite the maximum power available at the time being only 25kW, though 200kW versions were expected