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Former (non-nuke, non-electrician) US Navy carrier sailor here. :) According to Wikipedia, the output for a Los Angeles-class attack sub is around 150-165 MW a
by jarin 16y ago
Former (non-nuke, non-electrician) US Navy carrier sailor here. :)
According to Wikipedia, the output for a Los Angeles-class attack sub is around 150-165 MW and the output for a Nimitz-class carrier is around 194 MW.
The damaged Fukushima reactors have a total output of 2,812 MW, so even in a best case scenario it seems like you would only be able to use naval reactors to power emergency and critical services.
Of course, there are probably a lot of emergency and critical services needed right now.
- bradleyland 16y ago100% of that 194 MW isn't used for electrical power generation. The total MW output is split between propulsion and the generators. If I had to guess, I'd say that bulk of the wattage is used for propulsion. Moving a carrier through the water at 30 knots is no small feat.