{"id":21295,"date":"2026-06-11T15:38:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/21295\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:38:23","slug":"rotterdam-study-finds-existing-safety-frameworks-could-support-nuclear-powered-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/21295\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotterdam Study Finds Existing Safety Frameworks Could Support Nuclear-Powered Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shipandbunker.cdn.speedyrails.net\/a\/img\/_asp_b308e67c273ee031ef4f5793aa484435.v.652.jpg\" width=\"522\" height=\"100%\" alt=\"Rotterdam Study Finds Existing Safety Frameworks Could Support Nuclear-Powered Ships\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Port of Rotterdam. Image Credit: Port of Rotterdam Authority<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tA joint study involving Lloyd&#8217;s Register, the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Core Power and A.P. Moller-Maersk has found that existing port safety and risk-management frameworks could provide a credible starting point for assessing nuclear-powered commercial ships.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUsing Rotterdam as a case study, the report examined how a nuclear-powered feeder vessel could operate within a major European port environment and interact with existing safety, operational and regulatory systems, LR said in an email update on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe study found that current risk-based safety frameworks already used by European ports could support assessments of nuclear-powered ships, provided additional nuclear-specific safety, security and operational requirements are incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHowever, the report stresses that substantial work remains before routine commercial operations could be considered.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAreas requiring further development include regulatory alignment, governance, emergency preparedness, liability and insurance arrangements, security measures and public engagement.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe study also notes that current IMO rules covering nuclear-powered ships were developed decades ago and would need modernisation to support any future civil nuclear propulsion pathway.<\/p>\n<p>Ship &amp; Bunker News Team<br \/>To contact the editor responsible for this story email us at <a href=\"http:\/\/shipandbunker.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#71141518051e033102191801101f1513041f1a14035f121e1c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The Port of Rotterdam. Image Credit: Port of Rotterdam Authority &#13; A joint study involving Lloyd&#8217;s Register,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3532,3534,3535,3520,3537,3521,3529,822,3536,3538,2375,3533,41,3539],"class_list":["post-21295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rotterdam","tag-bunker","tag-bunker-fuel","tag-bunker-indications","tag-bunker-markets","tag-bunker-news","tag-bunker-prices","tag-bunkering","tag-general-news","tag-marine-fuel","tag-marine-news","tag-nuclear","tag-prices","tag-rotterdam","tag-shipping-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}