Gator these type flush with potable water according too the article. A completely different system than even the CHT system in the early 80’s. Using your fresh water on a ship for flushing sounds like a very stupid idea especially when it’s a steaming ship which a nuke carrier is.
I didn’t see that. How stupid is flushing with fresh water? Fresh water is a valuable commodity at sea even if you aren’t on a steamer. We went to water hours more on the gas turbine FFG I was on than we ever did on the three steam plants I was on.