HC Deb 20 December 1962 vol 669 c251W
Brigadier Clarke

asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the commercial advantages which would accrue to Great Britain from the production of a commercial nuclear ship; and if he will now take steps to provide Government assistance towards the production of such a ship.

Mr. Marples

It would not be worth while to build a commercial nuclear ship until the ship can have a reactor of a type which has some prospect of being economically attractive to ship owners, and this stage has not yet been reached.

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