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Every one of our nuclear submarines ....
... is powered by what is essentially the same sort of portable nuclear device. There may or may not be commercial applications, but that is not the goal. The goal is power generation for military operations in remote, degraded and underdeveloped regions. That is why this is being pursued. It also could have value (with significant modification) for a moon base.