Ship Propulsion For Nuclear Plant

SHIP PROPULSION FOR "NUCLEAR PLANT" Introduction The use of nuclear energy in propulsion always raises a certain degree of controversy about its advantages and disadvantages. There is no doubt that such an installation carries with it potential risks, which... More

SHIP PROPULSION FOR "NUCLEAR PLANT" Introduction The use of nuclear energy in propulsion always raises a certain degree of controversy about its advantages and disadvantages. There is no doubt that such an installation carries with it potential risks, which are being reduced by all available means. But the advantages proposed by nuclear propulsion were very high in terms of being able to have autonomy at very long intervals, this for the US Navy was a fantastic potential that this energy offered, at the time it was the possibility of creating a fleet with a almost unlimited autonomy with all the operational possibilities that entails, since the reaction of a few kilos of nuclear fuel could give a tremendously high energy and without needing oxygen for the process. So that we have an idea of the equivalence of nuclear energy in terms of comparison with other fuels, we can say that the fission of a kilogram of uranium produces an energy equivalent to the combustion of more than 2700 tons Less