ABE is in fact due a refueling {nuclear reactor type} I looked up the ships age it's time. It takes 4-5 years for the process and it must be done at Newport News. Conspiracies? Watch and see if it is decommissioned instead of refueled. With the conventionals they used to undergo what was called SLEP or Ship Life Extension Program at their half service life. That took about the same amount of time as a nuke refueling. This was the difference in getting either 25 years or 45-50 years total service out of the ship. It was simply a major overhaul of the hull and propulsion plant.
Of the last two conventional carriers AMERICA was decommissioned at half life with SLEP canceled and the John F Kennedy SLEP was done improperly mainly due to budget cuts and the rush closing of the facility it at in Philly Yards.
Needed yard time has been trimmed down many times since 1989 by both parties and all POTUS after Reagan. This is the end result. It's sad to see ships done this way and it's a waste. With a NUKE not just a waste but dangerous. The Navy needs another prick like Rickover to run the nuclear program & take on establishment. He didn't give a rip who's big toes got stepped on. He did care about his program.
Good research, so we will see if BO is a tool, or is he is own MAN. Either way we are not lacking the fuel, but he might cut the cost of the extensive refuel project.
Either way the article is propaganda, the ship is not out of fuel. Our military would never let a nuke fueled ship run out, bad things tend to happen after that.