"Naval nuclear propulsion: the technical and strategic challenges of a confidential technology".

Published on :

4 December 2023

Nuclear propulsion offers many advantages: autonomy, discretion, power and manoeuvrability. This article looks at the history of this technology and the current and future challenges, particularly in relation to the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Héloïse Fayet, Jean-Louis Lozier, Proliferation Papers, No. 66, IFRI, November 2023