Could the Navy power Port-au-Prince from a nuclear submarine?

Foxnews ^ | 01-19-2010 | Foreign Policy

[JeffBoste]

Could the Navy power Port-au-Prince from a nuclear submarine

[mbarker12474]

Using a nuclear reactor to provide power to starving, suffering people, probably violates some stupid environmental law.

Using gas generators probably violates some Obama EPA regulation.

And the surge protector would have to be plugged in by a union outfit.

[Nuc1]

Naw. Subs don't use scoop injection which is used by skimmers when underway. We get underway from docking w/o any problems. So...it's not an issue.

[Walmartian]

This reminds me of a cartoon I once saw. A pickup truck was parked next to the space shuttle with jumper cables running from the truck to the shuttle. The caption was; “Now try it.”

[OldDeckHand]

"Give the SEABEES 30 minutes and the run of the boat .. they’ll get it going."

That is so true. Their ingenuity - and I'm sure it's the same for the Army/Marine combat engineers - is something to behold.

[StormEye]

"If there is no power how is the stinkin press recharging all their battery packs."

Portable gas generators --- hardware store type?

[jafojeffsurf]

Yes a sub could supply electrical power but there would need to be a special infrastructure there, The voltage would have to be jacked up to supply a large area and the generators do not cover all the energy to electricity, most is for the shaft not electricity so it would not be as efficient as you would think or want in this case. For a small camp or base yes not for a city.

[NVDave]

Probably not. Much of their transmission capacity is on the ground or torn apart. They’ll probably need a lot of work before they can start bringing pieces of their grid back up.

A better approach would be to bring in diesel gensets for specific applications - eg, hospitals, emergency infrastructure, etc. until such time as they’re able to repair their local distribution system.

[umgud]

The envirowhacko’s wouldn’t allow it, even if it could be done.

[tubebender]

What did you use for power in your greenhouse? Do you ever wonder where the press is crapping over there...

[Dr.Zoidberg]

You mean the marvel of wind and solar power is not enough?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

No doubt CA has a giant pile of diesel generators/gensets that will become illegal upon non-compliance with the latest CARB regulations regarding particulate output. We’d just have to eminent domain them from private citizens and hospitals and farms. Shouldn’t be much of a problem.

[Candor7]

Well I defer to your opinion. I was under the impression that the reactor on a sub can only run at very low yield unless moving.

[microgood]

Although Haiti is a basket case, I know a nuclear sub once provided enough power to light off a steam plant on the island of Oahu back in the days before they had diesel generation plants. They had a cascade failure of their steam generation plants and everything went down.

One of my instructors in EE classes that worked for GE helped them figure out how to do it.

[Red_Devil 232]

Hey good to see you Tube ... I only started gardenind three years ago and still dont have a green house! LOL

Hey the press kraps when and wherever they want! No video!

[Reaganesque]

I have no idea if a sub’s reactor could handle that but, there is a nuclear aircraft carrier off the coast. I would think, if such a thing could be done, that the carrier’s reactor would be the better choice. Still, it doesn’t sound like the best solution out there.

[ArcadeQuarters]

All energy production in Haiti should be restricted to windmills and solar panels. At least that’s what the pointy heads in the Obama adminstration say will fix an economy.

[tom paine 2]

no

[2ndDivisionVet]

We’ve had portable nuclear generators since the late 1950’s, some of which have powered bases in the Arctic and other regions. However, I don’t see Mr. Obama authorizing their use.

[Red_Devil 232]

That is fine if the distribution lines are still up. Gee we could have parked ten Nuke subs offshore in Gulfport, Ms and not one watt would have reached me!

Took weeks to get the lines back up!

[2ndDivisionVet]

We’ve had portable nuclear generators since the late 1950’s, some of which have powered bases in the Arctic and other regions. However, I don’t see Mr. Obama authorizing their use.