On a nuclear powered ship, yes, since you still essentially have a steam engine Right, this is why when BAe lied to the UK claiming that the QE class carriers

On a nuclear powered ship, yes, since you still essentially have a steam engine Right, this is why when BAe lied to the UK claiming that the QE class carriers could easily be converted to cats'n'traps every engineer in the country said WTF? Because with no nuke where do you get either the steam for the catapults or the surplus electrical power for EMALS when you want to steam directly into the wind for deck operations? But our idiot PPE-educated politicians lapped it up and signed cheques for billions anyway...