The U.S. Navy plans to build a number of new surface ships in the coming decades, according to its most recent 30-year shipbuilding plan.1 All of the Navys aircraft carriers (and submarines) are powered by nuclear reactors; its other surface combatants are powered by engines that use conventional petroleum-based fuels. The Navy could save money on fuel in the future by purchasing additional nuclear-powered ships rather than conventionally powered ships. Those savings in fuel costs, however, would be offset by the additional up-front costs required for the procurement of nuclear-powered ships. To assess the relative costs of using nuclear versus conventional propulsion for ships other than carriers and submarines, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) developed a hypothetical future fleet, based on the Navys shipbuilding plan, of new destroyers and amphibious warfare ships that are candidates for nuclear propulsion systems. Specifically, CBO chose for its analysis the Navys planned new version of the DDG-51 destroyer and its replacement, the DDG(X); the LH(X) amphibious assault ship; and the LSD(X) amphibious dock landing ship.
Cost-Effectiveness of Nuclear Power for Navy Surface Ships
2011
28 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Marine Engineering , Nuclear powered ships , Cost effectiveness , Navy , Surface ships , Combatant ships , Congressiona Budget Office , Oil prices , Crude oil , Estimates , Discount rate , Acquisition , DDG(X) amphibious assault ship , LH(X) amphibious assault ship , LSD(X) amphibious dock landing ship , DDG-51 destroyer
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