pometablava said:What's a nuclear funnel?. What's the role of a funnel in a nuclear ship? ???
As long as we're responding to years-old posts...
There is a reason for a funnel in nuclear surface ships: blowout vents in case of coolant leaks.
pometablava said:What's a nuclear funnel?. What's the role of a funnel in a nuclear ship? ???
Don't forget air intakes for ventilation! If you place it in a funnel, you have room for the NBC Filters so that they don't impact below decks on precious volume.Madurai said:There is a reason for a funnel in nuclear surface ships: blowout vents in case of coolant leaks.
I think the French have always used LEU submarine fuel, the British always HEU. China, no idea.
The "French"? all of them? 67 million people, each using plutonium in submarines? woa! All propulsion reactors in France's Marine nationale's use are fuelled with oxyde LEU. MOX, if it is what is meant here, is not involved.
Wow, very impressive armament for a replenishment ship!!I know the Italians had (have) very particular styles in Naval Architecture. but could the attached of the poposed Enrico Fermi give any suggestions for a "Military" RFA??
Mind you, this is as nothing compared with the Scottish MP who asked a question in Parliament, referring to nuclear power for ships, as to whether:
‘Can the Minister say how long it will be before this power could be available for fishing trawlers?’
Wow, this Replenishment ships design appears to be better armed than most destroyers!I know the Italians had (have) very particular styles in Naval Architecture. but could the attached of the poposed Enrico Fermi give any suggestions for a "Military" RFA??
The ‘Enrico Fermi’ was indeed intended to be nuclear powered.Wow, this Replenishment ships design appears to be better armed than most destroyers!I know the Italians had (have) very particular styles in Naval Architecture. but could the attached of the poposed Enrico Fermi give any suggestions for a "Military" RFA??
Was it proposed to be nuclear powered?
Do we know what timeframe/year this design was proposed by Enrico Fermi?
Regards
Pioneer
On a side note:
Keith Foulger, naval constructor who worked on the UK’s nuclear submarine fleet – obituary
He ensured that there was no mismatch between US and British technology in the design of Britain’s first nuclear submarine, Dreadnoughtwww.telegraph.co.uk
RIP
Interestingly, not only was he involved in just about every major Royal Navy nuclear powered submarine project of the Cold War, he also seems to have worked on cruiser designs as well, especially during the 1969-1974 period, though some of those were certainly conventional designs.
Nope. PWR-2 was expressly designed to contain as little US IP as was realistically achievable at the time.So Royal Navy's Trident submarines have reactors of US design, right?
Mind you, this is as nothing compared with the Scottish MP who asked a question in Parliament, referring to nuclear power for ships, as to whether:
‘Can the Minister say how long it will be before this power could be available for fishing trawlers?’
Scotstoun briefly became involved in an Admiralty Research project with English Electric although when they withdrew in 1947 a new facility was established and became known as the Yarrow-Admiralty Research Department (Y-ARD). Two other organisations were also formed overseas: Y-ARD (Australia) and the Yarrow African Marine Consultancy which were both set up to meet the demand for land boilers.
The Admiralty continued to be a key customer for the yard over the next decade, ordering frigates and seaward defence boats and by 1954, the workforce was in excess of 2,500. Scotstoun continued its research into new technologies and in the late 1950s it was deep into the application of nuclear power for marine use. By 1961, Scotstoun marine engineers, shipbuilders and boiler makers at Scotstoun were carrying out extensive research into nuclear powered propulsion units.