The soviets have used Navy nuke ships to provide civilian power. When our
carriers are in port, why not use them to supply the grid?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_navy We have 80 nuke powered ships.
Over 5,400 "reactor years" of accident-free experience (if the military is
to be believed, and a major accident would be hard to hide, I would expect).

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James.

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
David VanHorn
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:03
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] Just wondering..

>  * No bases near where you want a reactor due to population
> (transmission losses), water source, geologic stability and other
> factors

Well, we've moved bases before, and actually population centers and
bases seem to go hand in hand mostly, especially with navy bases.  I
dunno how many reactors the army has run, but the navy is certainly
used to them, working in VERY close quarters with them.

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