Ohio class submarine 20 years without refueling

[gypsyman]

Check out the video at 16:30. Fueled by uranium the size of a fist, the boat was commissioned in 1989 and 20 years later still had no need of refueling. Amazing efficiency.

https://youtu.be/UxB11eAl-YE

 

[tynopik]

not sure 'efficiency' is the right word

perhaps 'power density'

 

[highland145]

not sure 'efficiency' is the right word

perhaps 'power density'

Pshaw....your 20 year density?


Good vid, OP. The cavitation explanation alone was worth the watch.

 

[pcgeek11]

You haven't lived until you have been to sea on a submarine. Where life is simple. Either you are qualified or you are not.

TM1 / MT1 (SS)

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Could solve the oceans/worlds pollution problems by using Nuclear in cargo ships - too bad some shithole country would use the uranium for nefarious reasons.

one of the largest cargo ship emits the same s 50-million cars per year.

http://www.enfos.com/blog-archive/2...ntainer-ship-can-out-pollute-50-million-cars/

 

[Sonikku]

You haven't lived until you have been to sea on a submarine. Where life is simple. Either you are qualified or you are not.

TM1 / MT1 (SS)

Down where it's wetter, down where it's better. Take-it-from-meeee!

 

[DrunkenSano]

Nuclear power is amazing, just sucks that there is so much risk involved.

 

[NAC4EV]

20 years without refueling vs 20,000 years of risky spent fuel storage.

 

[Thebobo]

Speaking of nuclear power. The Voyager probes 1 and 2 leaving our solar system are running on 3 Radioisotope thermoelectric generators. This since September 1977. some 40+ years and they predict another 10 + years of power.

 

[NAC4EV]

All nuclear submarines should be converted to coal

 

[uhohs]

All nuclear submarines should be converted to Hydroelectric

 

[NAC4EV]

Maybe hydroelectric from coal fired plants.

 

[ctbaars]

All nuclear submarines should be converted to Solar

 

[Slew Foot]

All nuclear submarines should be converted to Solar from a coal fired hydroelectric plant

 

[balloonshark]

All nuclear submarines should be pulled by sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads.

 

[SKORPI0]

"Steam is the future"

 

[brianmanahan]

20 years without refueling vs 20,000 years of risky spent fuel storage.

not that risky

 

[tynopik]

Could solve the oceans/worlds pollution problems by using Nuclear in cargo ships - too bad some shithole country would use the uranium for nefarious reasons.

one of the largest cargo ship emits the same s 50-million cars per year.

there are other solutions, like emissions controls on ships which are already coming into effect

 

[NAC4EV]

not that risky

Leave it for the next generation

 

[IronWing]

All nuclear submarines should be, er, what is the purpose of these things again? I guess we should aim for the most environmentally responsible method of delivering nuclear Armageddon.