Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn :
German merchant ship with 16 870 GRT built for the trial of nuclear marine propulsion. A pressurized water reactor with a thermal power of 38 MW was used for propulsion. First nuclear voyage on 11th Oct. 1968. By the end of 1978, the ship travelled 642 000 nautical miles and transported 776 000 t freight. The Otto Hahn was shut down in 1979 and the reactor system and all radioactive parts were disassembled and removed The ship subsequently re-entered service following incorporation of conventional propulsion.
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