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From: vexpert!mst@relay.EU.net (Markus Stumptner)
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Subject: Re: Civilian Nuclear Ships
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Date: 13 May 91 09:29:26 GMT
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From: vexpert!mst@relay.EU.net (Markus Stumptner)


> From: Michael Edelman <MEDELMA@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU>
> Why have their been no successors to the Savannah?

The reason why the 'Otto Hahn', the German counterpart to the Savannah
(constructed as an ore carrier) was decommissioned (about ten years
ago, as far as I recall), was that it became increasingly difficult to
find ports that would accept harboring a nuclear-powered ship.

Markus