Multiple governments are moving to enable the commercialization of nuclear technology in ships and offshore platforms.

Efforts in Europe, North America and much of Asia are aimed at catching up with Russia, the clear leader in the field.

Initiatives to build out a nuclear maritime sector backed in the last week alone by the US and France underline the extent to which multiple established nuclear countries hope to progress marine nuclear applications in which Russia has had a head start for years, at least in the civilian space.