The Marlin class was stillborn, these elements are now part of the Columbia class.
Posted on 01/03/2023 2:31:27 PM PST by MeganC
They sure went out of their way to NOT say “nuclear powered”
fifty year fuel life.
Better reactors and using
fuel refined to nearly weapons grade.
eg more energy per pound.
I'm guessing that the improvements aren't in the nuclear reactor, but rather in increased efficiencies of the ship's propulsion motors, electric pump motors, and ship's systems requiring less power.
Thanks, makes sense.
Boomer huh. Sorry I should have read the post slower. As far as core life, lots of tech goes into designing a reactor core. There’s tricks to extend life. They’ve come a ways from the old S5W and S3G etc cores. I’ll bet their ice cream machine don’t smoke it’s belt and cause a fire drill as often as ours did either.
Ok, I could see that as well as rellic’s reply in 22
A nice order to book!
Time to wash the cash.
My understanding is that civilian reactors could have always been fueled like this but
aren't mainly to prevent a run-away reactor and that the smaller size and
military discipline allows their reactors fueled in this manner to be operated safely.
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“They sure went out of their way to NOT say “nuclear powered””
Yeah—the focus group study showed that “nuclear power” scored even lower than “unicorn power”....
Bet that was funded by DOD as well.
These subs are money well spent. We should build far more subs and less carriers.
The Marlin class was stillborn, these elements are now part of the Columbia class.
Im sure no gender bathrooms and womens berthing have been worked into the design.
In after seven stupid jokes.
What do you find funny with that stupid joke?
” and is expected to be completed by October 2030.”
Probably about the same time that they get their first new delivery of HIMARS Missiles.
Cruciform control rod shapes have been around for a long time. There’s been others. I’m betting their nuclear make up is the biggest improvement. I have to say the layout seems logical and familiar. Polaris gave way to posiden and the Trident came with the Ohio class. I was a bilge rat aft. The weaponseers told me the warheads shot at the pitching rubber from Polaris in Yankee stadium at max range would land in the field of play, then from the Posiden in the infield, from Trident (more warheads & more range) on the mound, and I’m sure things improve here. The new non-detectablility has been improving too. Our attack boats are getting better. It’s a dangerous sport. Hours and hours of bored punctuated with moments of stark terror. Regards
Love your post.
Back in the cold war 80s one of my frat bros worked for Martin Marietta in missile guidance.
He said we can hit any manhole cover in Red Square.
“Interesting, I am wondering what tech improvement has occurred that allows for this? “
I don’t think any major improvements but more refined reactivity management.
Power reactors use a different management strategy but can run two years at full power with only 1/3 of the core as fresh fuel.
A missile boat is shutdown half its life and at low power during operation.
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