The nuclear icebreakers aren't necessary to develop the appropriate reactors. France uses 2x Areva K-15 reactors with 150 MWt each running on low enriched nuclear fuel on the Charles de Gaulle. China has multiple similar sized reactor designs in development including the ACP100 and the ACPR50S.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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It would be utterly shocking if CV-18 wasn't significantly larger than CV-16/17.
Intrepid
Major
I do not see any limitations in size, Liaoning is a relatively large aircraft carrier. Liaoning only has five decks below the hangar deck (two above the waterline, three below the waterline), and American aircraft carriers have six (three above the waterline and three below the waterline). That's less space, less volume and less freeboard (especially if the third aircraft carrier gets heavier and gets more draft.).
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
You need experience in integrating the nuclear reactor to the ship system. Reactor is only one part of the system but there are other supporting system for reactor You just can't adopt land based nuclear system to the ships . Different requirement . Ship experience acceleration due to wave movement . As well space is premium in a ship so all the supporting system for the reactor has to be compact. Ships normally has bulk head so your piping, cable, duct has to meet that requirement.
Shielding in no problem in land installation but it is difficult in confines space of ship. It take China close to decade to solve those problem in type 91 Sub
Intrepid
Major
If the Chinese believe they need aircraft carriers urgently, they will build more conventional aircraft carriers. Perhaps the plan was another with more time between the individual designs, but as times change, they are just redirecting: the nuclear-powered carrier design is being moved into the future, for which conventional designs are now being preferred. In the meantime, they gain experience with a nuclear-powered icebreaker.
You have to use the time in which a golf player is American President.
You have to use the time in which a golf player is American President.
Jura The idiot
General
now noticed the tweet
C’est ici dans cette cale sèche que le troisième porte-avions chinois sera construit.
Translated from French by
It is here in this dry dock that the third Chinese aircraft carrier will be built.
C’est ici dans cette cale sèche que le troisième porte-avions chinois sera construit.
Translated from French by
It is here in this dry dock that the third Chinese aircraft carrier will be built.
drunkmunky
Junior Member
Those costco ships are supposed to be the largest in the world and holy cow hell there are 8 of them....
anyhow... i digress.
anyhow... i digress.
While they are largest built in China and being quite close to largest in the world in terms of containers carried, they're not actually at the top. They carry 20,119 containers. There are seven more ship classes with a greater capacity. With largest one being carrying 21,413 containers.