The US Navy commissioned 9 nuclear powered cruisers. CGN41 USS Arkansas was last to be commissioned, in 1980. CGN37 USS South Carolina was last to be decommisioned, in 1999.
Yeah, that was all due to the global Left trying to a. Scare us off of nuclear power due to the environment and b. Promote the Soviet Union by being against any developing any advanced weapons technology on our end.
We’re all beginning to see nowadays that nuclear is probably the greenest power source. But the same people that did the Soviet Union’s propaganda work now do it for China.
Still, we’ve come a long way since 1970’s technology.
Smaller but more powerful reactors can be made.