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I would not assume the "N" at this time. The cost premium for a reactor is still a lot to ask, and it would require a significant "push" the likes of which I'm not confident today's Navy is capable of. Without a breakthrough cost reduction measure or someone powerfully placed in Congress making it their baby, I'm just plain skeptical. More likely in my estimation would be a return to one of the envisioned DD-21 power architectures before the program was reorganized in 2001: 4 big turbines and PMM.

[QUOTE="Moose, post: 336440, member: 4855"] I would not assume the "N" at this time. The cost premium for a reactor is still a lot to ask, and it would require a significant "push" the likes of which I'm not confident today's Navy is capable of. Without a breakthrough cost reduction measure or someone powerfully placed in Congress making it their baby, I'm just plain skeptical. More likely in my estimation would be a return to one of the envisioned DD-21 power architectures before the program was reorganized in 2001: 4 big turbines and PMM. [/QUOTE]

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