Ford’s propulsion is still steam but it generates a tremendous amount of electrical power for its other systems I believe France’s boomers and the next gen SSB

Ford’s propulsion is still steam but it generates a tremendous amount of electrical power for its other systems I believe France’s boomers and the next gen SSBN the US is designing both have electric drive. Isn’t this a bit of a “if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball” question though? Electricity generation and direct steam propulsion both drive turbines, the principal of shipboard operation is well proven. The bigger issue in my mind is that the nuclear powered ships spend a tremendous amount of time in port ( at least compared to the downtime of a land based power station) and then often just sail around bad weather rather than get hammered by it.