So okay, in theory we could do this. But we only have so many nuclear ships, we built those ships for a purpose, and they’re not serving that purpose if they’re tied up at dock pumping power into the grid. (Apart from emergency use, as someone elsewhere in the thread mentioned.) And if we’re going to do that anyway, perhaps it would be smarter to just build the damn power plants rather than build them and then encase them in hugely complex seagoing weapons systems that we aren’t going to use.
Naval reactors put out alot of juice for a ship, but for a city they really aren’t up to scale. They also consume fuel inefficiently and require the use of weapons grade plutonium, both of which kill the economics of running a reactor. Also, reactor refits are usually the most expensive operations on a ship, so they are usually retired when the reactors lifespan is up, otherwise they are in service. Here is something cool that we need though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSTAR Put these everywhere to provide continuous power generation.
So okay, in theory we could do this. But we only have so many nuclear ships, we built those ships for a purpose, and they’re not serving that purpose if they’re tied up at dock pumping power into the grid. (Apart from emergency use, as someone elsewhere in the thread mentioned.) And if we’re going to do that anyway, perhaps it would be smarter to just build the damn power plants rather than build them and then encase them in hugely complex seagoing weapons systems that we aren’t going to use.
Naval reactors put out alot of juice for a ship, but for a city they really aren’t up to scale. They also consume fuel inefficiently and require the use of weapons grade plutonium, both of which kill the economics of running a reactor. Also, reactor refits are usually the most expensive operations on a ship, so they are usually retired when the reactors lifespan is up, otherwise they are in service. Here is something cool that we need though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSTAR Put these everywhere to provide continuous power generation.
If you could get all the hippies to fuck off and stop filing lawsuits where the judge orders a hault to everything untill the case is over, yes.