The Otto Hahn was one of only four nuclear-powered cargo vessels ever built, in 1964. Its reactor was removed and replaced with a conventional diesel engine...in 1979, after the '73 oil crisis and in the same year as *another* oil shock. Why just then?
by /u/Toptomcat in /r/AskHistorians
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