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The US and France do too, but they call them nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
by sofixa 2y ago
The US and France do too, but they call them nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.
- torginus 2y agoThat's a bit different though - those reactors use closed cycle liquid sodium coolant, and are not made for supplying power on shore. I'm talking about something like this: https://spectrum.ieee.org/is-the-world-ready-for-floating-nuclear-power-stations https://spectrum.ieee.org/is-the-world-ready-for-floating-nu...
- lupusreal 2y agoLol they do not use liquid sodium. They are PWRs. Rickover would spin in his grave.
- dctoedt 2y ago> they do not use liquid sodium. They are PWRs. Rickover would spin in his grave. Except for the early days of the (one-off) USS Seawolf, before its liquid-sodium reactor was replaced by a LWR. But yes, the KOG would surely come roaring out of his coffin screaming, "WTF are you idiots doing — wasn't once enough?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Seawolf_(SSN-575) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Seawolf_(SSN-575)