Maritime organizations to consult with the IAEA

NEMO also announced that it has received a formal invitation to become a regular participant in the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Background: NEMO was founded in April 2024 as an international partnership between companies with a “common interest in developing nuclear energy solutions for the maritime sector.”

The NGO’s inaugural members include BWXT, TerraPower, Westinghouse, the U.K.’s Lloyd’s Register, Korea’s HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering, and Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard, among others. Today, the group has 33 full members, 9 associate members, and 1 affiliate member.

Aside from now working with the IMO and IAEA, NEMO exists to promote floating nuclear power, facilitate conversations with legislators and regulators, and organize working groups and events for its 43 members.

Next steps: Having reached the recognition and milestone of NGO status, NEMO will begin formally providing guidance to the IAEA and IMO to support regulatory frameworks, safety protocols, and best practices for the commercial sector.

It will begin this work later this year with the IAEA through assisting on the organization’s ATLAS (Atomic Technologies Licensed for Applications at Sea) initiative. According to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, ATLAS is a new program “to establish a framework to enable safe and secure deployment of peaceful civil nuclear applications at sea.”