00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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Circled is the containment chamber?
Now we should all agree that whatever is in that drydock is a nuclear powered thing.
Really? We should? ... isn't there another possible explanation for such a boxy structure?
I think that pic is the same as what was posted previously earlier this week:
00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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And it isn't technically the same actual image as what Deino posted in 2261 (the image that had the whole drydock obscured).
I doubt there is anything dramatic in the drydock that someone would have wanted to obscure the whole thing so messily, but technically speaking the question is about whether the obscured image has anything new behind the blue mess.
The Type 004 is expected to have four reactors, right? Has anyone been able to estimate the dimensions of this potential reactor containment vessel and whether four of them could fit as expected into the anticipated ship layout?
It is too early to say that. And even if it is a reactor containment structure we will need to see another one. A single reactor design will likely be an icebreaker or one of those nuclear powered container vessels that were recently proposed.
It can be 2 or 4. We don't have an evidence for either of these configurations. Even if we did, I don't think anyone could guess the layout. The reactor size too isn't a constant. We don't know the power rating. And even at the same power rating, fuel type would be an unknown variable.