Decommissioning the nuclear powered fleet II

United States, United Kingdom, France and China

The USS Enterprise (CVN-65), due to its particular propulsion system, which requires eight Westinghouse A2W reactors, will undoubtedly be a challenge when it comes to being dismantled. To power the Nimitz class ships, developed later, a more rational system was used, consisting of two Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors.

The Soviet Union in its day and its heir, the Russian Federation, are not the only states with serious problems when facing the process of decommissioning and dismantling nuclear-powered surface ships and submarines, as well as armed missiles. with nuclear warheads that they can carry. Examples such as the USA, the United Kingdom or France show the difficulty of carrying out a task that is too onerous in time and resources, giving in to the temptation of postponing the problem beyond what is reasonable.

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