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Kinnaird McKee, USN (Ret.), former Director of Navy Nuclear Propulsion.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy
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Nuclear propulsion systems may offer a less costly alternative.
FORBES
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For one thing, the United States would be mad to permit Soviet intelligence into its facilities involved in one of the few remaining areas of militarily decisive technological advantage: naval nuclear propulsion.
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Unfortunately, the easiest way to make a more efficient engine, nuclear-electric propulsion, is controversial.
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It will also have a life-of-ship nuclear core for its propulsion system designed to last 40 years, which means no mid-life refueling will be required.
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Blunk, 26, had served on the aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz for more than six years, working with the boilers and propulsion systems of the nuclear-powered vessel, and hoped to re-enlist in the military, according to his grandparents Thomas and Kay Blunk of Central, Texas, outside Lufkin.
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While the ship will not travel at warp speed, with an ion propulsion engine powered by a 1.5GW nuclear reactor, it can travel at a constant acceleration so that the ship can easily get to key points of interest in our solar system.
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