Future U.S. Nuclear-Armed Sub Could Use Same Fuel for Decades

Future U.S. Nuclear-Armed Sub Could Use Same Fuel for Decades

A future line of U.S. ballistic missile submarines is intended to rely on a tightly guarded, state-of-the-art propulsion system capable of operating without replacing atomic fuel and very little sound output for the five decades the vessels are expected to remain in service, Wired magazine reported on Thursday.http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/planned-us-sub-could-run-same-fuel-decades/