diesel-electric subs going to nuclear

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zeitfest Guru Joined: 31/07/2019 Location: Australia Posts: 652	Posted: 12:56pm 27 Sep 2021       There is lots of publicity citing Australia's next submarines will be nuclear powered, and use subs with sealed USA reactors. Personally I am all in favor of it. The US demonstrates long-duration subs for strategic use in indo-pacific conditions,  technology that is actually working, and technology management that actually works - just what we need for defence. There are some interesting releases though. One cites how the UK just decided to design its next range of subs to replace the Astute class. The other mentions that Rolls-Royce is to build mini-reactors for UK domestic power generation. So.. Four signs your mini-reactor was supplied by Rolls-Royce....   1)  When it starts, all you can hear is.... tick...tick...tick...tick... 2)  An explosion is addressed as a "containment failure". 3)  If you (the taxpayer) have to ask the price, you obviously can't afford it. 4)  It was made by BMW. UK subs Rolls