Re:Project Pele
by xnx on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @08:17AM
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Are weight and non availability of sea water the main things that keep the nuclear reactors from submarines from meeting the requirements of Project Pele?
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The main difference is size. Submarine reactors are typically ~ 200 MW (carrier reactors are 700 MW or more). Pele is looking at ~ 5 MW.
It's analogous to laptop vs desktop computers. The laptop is smaller and dissipates less power. Laptop components are not exactly shrunken desktop components, though they are fundamentally the same.