Dr. Conca reports that the U.S. has over 200 nuclear reactors producing power. There are a hundred or so commercial nuclear power reactors that produce just under 20 per cent of our electricity. But there are another hundred nuclear reactors that power 86 submarines and aircraft carriers, producing electricity, heat, fresh water and propulsion. The U.S. Nuclear Navy is one of the oldest and largest nuclear organizations in the world and has the best safety record of any industry. And no one ever discusses it. The Navy is rather quiet about its phenomenal success, and a CDR Pullom presentation unfolded like a cozy mystery.
The Navy presently has 86 nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers. All of them, and their predecessors over the last 60 years, have performed flawlessly, protecting America as well as their crews. The 86 nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers and their predecessors over the last 60 years, have performed flawlessly, protecting America as well as their crews. The Navy has logged over 5,400 reactor years of accident-free operations and traveled over 130 million miles on nuclear energy, enough to circle the earth 3,200 times. The nuclear reactors can run for many, many years without refueling. They operate all over the world, sometimes in hostile environments, with no maintenance support except their own crew. These reactors can ramp up from zero to full power in minutes, as fast as any natural gas-fired plant. Thousands upon thousands of people have continuously lived, worked, eaten and slept a short distance from a nuclear reactor for 60 years with no adverse effects. Annual radiation doses to Navy personnel have averaged only only 0.005 rem per year (5 mrem per year - 0.05 mSv per year), a 1,000 times less than the Federal 5 rem per year allowed for radworkers.
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