00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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The carrier mockup in Wuhan might be getting a new modification to its island.
The images below show an alleged procurement announcement on a renovation project to an existing structure. The renovated structure is 20 meters in length and 30 meters in height, with requisite windows, openings, doors, railings, etc.
Related.
Tender announcement on the full-process inspection and testing of the reconstruction and expansion project of the 108th testing and proving site at Huangjiahu Lake, posted in early April 2024. Posted by @Captain小潇 on Weibo.
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The 701 Institute is allegedly building a new facility near Wuhan that will be used to verify the steam system of a certain marine nuclear reactor. Land based boilers will be installed at the facility to provide steam at pressures necessary to simulate and verify the design.
Apparently, the construction of this facility is in full swing. The article from 701 Institute mentions frenzied activities around the clock, partly due to the extensive use of X-ray weld inspection, which can't be carried out during daytime for fear of harming other workers.
This might be related to the land based naval reactor facility under contruction. Images below show a competitive bidding announcement for environmental radiation monitoring services around a certain military facility. Samples of soil, ground water, crops, produce, and other food products are to be regularly taken and measured for radioactivity.
Anything in Chinese media?
In recent months, the Political Commissar of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, Admiral Yuan Huazhi, suggested in a legislative session that the design and construction of the force’s fourth aircraft carrier, designated Type 004, are proceeding without difficulties, implicitly indicating that its construction has begun.
In recent months, the Political Commissar of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, Admiral Yuan Huazhi, suggested in a legislative session that the design and construction of the force’s fourth aircraft carrier, designated Type 004, are proceeding without difficulties, implicitly indicating that its construction has begun.
Basically repeating the same thing from Admiral Yuan Huazhi during the Two Sessions in March this year. Nothing new, really.
It's hard to imagine how you would convert a conventional propulsion system into a nuclear propulsion system. The layouts are fundamentally different.
you maybe right... has converting conventional to nuke ever been done? Is the QE carrier suppose to be able to do this?