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Nuclear propulsion manuals for the U.S. navy have similar wordings. >By order of the commanding officer [actually a highranking person on carriers, compared to
by kryogen1c 7y ago
Nuclear propulsion manuals for the U.S. navy have similar wordings.
>By order of the commanding officer [actually a highranking person on carriers, compared to little ships where COs can be realtively junior and low ranking], this reactor limit may be ignored during tactical situations.
Legend has it that every CO (3, i think i heard) to invoke "when tactical" exceptions have been fired in the following review. The only thing worse than crashing a billion dollar boat is damaging the publics trust in naval nuclear power : )
- cladari 7y agoI'm remembering back 40 years here. I worked in the engine room of a nuclear powered cruiser. We had a switch called something like "battle bypass" that would bypass all the auto scram functions. The military calls a shutdown scram while the commercial industry calls it trip. We had a captain rank captain and I believe all nuclear powered vessels had one.
- ubermonkey 7y agoI love the qualifying phrase "captain rank captain." (And I understand why it's needed.)
- aoki 7y ago“battle short”
- village-idiot 7y agoWhen’s the last time a large US navy vessel was in a situation where exceeding limits was justifiable due to tactical needs? I’d probably wager that WW2 was the last time.