IEEE Nuclear Presentation Series - Nuclear Propulsion for Merchant Shipping
IEEE Presentation Series on Nuclear Energy
The IEEE Vancouver Section and the IEEE Future Directions Committee are organizing a series of presentations to address the widespread interest in clean energy sources, new nuclear reactor technologies, and the various related issues. This series of talks will cover aspects of nuclear energy and the disruptive new technology of Small Modular Reactors. These presentations will be of interest both to engineers who are not nuclear specialists, and to the general public who are interested in learning about the technology.
| TOPIC: | Nuclear Propulsion for Merchant Shipping |
| DATE: | June 4, 2025 |
| LOCATION: | Online |
| PRESENTER: | Dr. Jan Emblemsvåg |
Dr. Jan Emblemsvåg will discuss will discuss why we must develop nuclear propulsion for merchant shipping, which criteria we have used to select the most promising reactor types, which reactor technologies we have selected and what the current status is.
This presentation is free. IEEE members and the general public are welcome to attend. Registration is required.
This presentation series is organized by:
- IEEE Future Directions Committee, IEEE Sustech Initiative
- IEEE Vancouver Section (Joint Applied Physics Chapter)
This presentation series is supported by:
- IEEE NPSS - IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
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- Date: 04 Jun 2025
- Time: 04:00 PM UTC to 05:00 PM UTC
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- Co-sponsored by IEEE Future Directions Committee, IEEE SusTech Initiative
Speakers
Dr. Jan Emblemsvåg of Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ålesund
Nuclear Propulsion for Merchant Shipping
This presentation is the seventh in the IEEE Presentation Series on Nuclear Energy.
In the talk, Dr. Emblemsvåg will discuss
- why we must develop nuclear propulsion for merchant shipping;
- which criteria we have used to select the most promising reactor types;
- which reactor technologies we have selected; and
- what the current status is.
Biography:
Jan Emblemsvåg has since 2020 served as professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Ålesund. Since, 2004 he has held several top management positions in industry including companies such as Ulstein, Vard, Rolls-Royce Marine and NOV and adjunct positions in academia including BI and NTNU. He holds board positions and do some consulting. He publishes regularly about energy, nuclear power, risk and project management in books, journal papers and in non-academic outlets. He also holds numerous talks about these topics. He holds a master’s degree from Norges Tekniske Høyskole (the precursor to NTNU). He also holds a master’s degree and a PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Agenda
The presentation will start at 9:00 AM Pacific Time (12:00 EDT, 16:00 UTC).
09:00 Welcome and Speaker Introduction
09:10 Presentation
09:45 Questions and Answers
10:00 Presentation ends
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For more information about the presentation series as a whole, including the schedule of coming presentations, and previous presentations, please visit the Nuclear Presentation Series website at: https://bit.ly/SMR-series