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OxQQme

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1. I was told by an old Navy submariner

Reply to StevieM (Original post)

Sun Sep 9, 2018, 05:11 PM

Sep 2018

that a nuclear sub's reactor output could power all of a town of 50-60k.
He was a crew member on one and described the actual reactor, inside of all the attendant cooling and safety containment, is the size of a 55 gallon oil barrel.
I don't know if it's truth or not, but I imagine any of the aircraft carriers could do more than this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_submarine

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