The #nuclear reactors on submarines are designed for sustained #power generation to propel the vessel, rather than a single explosive release like the atomic #bomb.
This allows them to be much larger and more powerful than the compact nuclear weapons developed during World War II.
For those keeping track at home, reactors orders of magnitude more powerful than bombs over Hiroshima or Nagasaki are floating around in the world’s oceans and seas.
@paninid
Many of those are located just outside Seattle at Keyport WA.
Honestly though all the submariners I have met are serious geeks. They are exactly the type of dorks you would want running a reactor. I got to tour a Seawolf Class sub through a connection. The crew was without exception super excited to nerd out on all the equipment.
Now if we could only harness all that energy and creativity for something other that finding other humans to blow up
Humanity captured the power of the sun, attached it to a tube as a motor, and sank it into the ocean.
The aliens assigned to our sector for reconnaissance reported back that they were terrified by our ingenuity and steered intelligent life else away from us.
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