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To: wastedyears

Enterprise was overbuilt for her design. She was the first thus kind of a “demo”. She had EIGHT nuclear reactors... EIGHT. They essentially have to slice into the ship in order to defuel and remove them. This all needs be done before a scrapping yard will even touch her.


45 posted on 10/09/2018 1:44:47 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: miliantnutcase
She had EIGHT nuclear reactors

They used smaller submarine reactors instead of the larger ones they developed for later surface ships. (The earlier N.S. Savannah used a completely different commercial design and the reactor, defueled, is still on the ship.)

47 posted on 10/09/2018 2:24:24 PM PDT by PAR35
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