At the International Partnering Forum (IPF) 2026, CORE POWER’s Director for Regulatory Strategy for Floating Nuclear Power Plants (FNPPs), Alice Caponiti, joined industry leaders to explore how floating nuclear energy could strengthen U.S. maritime capability while delivering clean, resilient power to ports, offshore infrastructure and coastal industry.
Speaking on the panel Floating Nuclear Power: Clean Energy that Unlocks American Maritime Potential, Caponiti outlined how shipyard-manufactured FNPPs powered by small modular reactors could provide scalable, dispatchable energy for maritime logistics hubs and industrial clusters. Built through serial production in existing shipyards, floating nuclear platforms offer predictable costs and timelines, shifting deployment away from bespoke infrastructure projects toward standardised energy products.
With regulatory progress for non-propulsion nuclear power on maritime assets continuing and early deployments anticipated in the coming decade, discussions at IPF highlighted the growing role FNPPs could play in supporting offshore energy demand while revitalising U.S. shipbuilding capability.
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