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Re:The US is getting its first new nuclear reactor in 40 years by learyjk on Thursday June 08, 2023 @10:50PM (#36252500)
What about all the nuclear powered submarines and carriers? Don’t count?
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Re:The US is getting its first new nuclear reactor in 40 years by pfdietz on Friday June 09, 2023 @09:49AM (#36257789)
A nuclear powered ship is overall more expensive to build+operate than a fossil fuel powered ship. And this is even when burning fairly expensive liquid fossil fuels. This is why most of the ships in the US Navy are not nuclear powered.
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