Decommissioning the Nimitz is a Huge Mistake..

Sail the Nimitz to the Philippines and permanently place it in a concrete cofferdam to provide a base against China. There is already an old Liberty ship doing that. Yes, it is a target as is anything on the water but it is also an asset.

not a bad idea sir..

Sail the Nimitz to the Philippines and permanently place it in a concrete cofferdam to provide a base against China. There is already an old Liberty ship doing that. Yes, it is a target as is anything on the water but it is also an asset. Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Sail the Nimitz to the Philippines and permanently place it in a concrete cofferdam to provide a base against China. There is already an old Liberty ship doing that. Yes, it is a target as is anything on the water but it is also an asset. Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Removal of the two nuclear reactors and its nuclear fuel requires removing sections of the hull that would render the carrier non sail worthy. Not to mention that even after removing the reactors portions of the ship will still be radioactive for years to come.

Decommissioning the ship includes removal of all radioactive and environmentally damaging materials. The rest is recycled. Cost of decommissioning will cost at minimum half a billion dollars.

Tex Dot has it right . . .and so does the Navy.

Let's just drop this. Everything has been said.

dang..

Removal of the two nuclear reactors and its nuclear fuel requires removing sections of the hull that would render the carrier non sail worthy. Not to mention that even after removing the reactors portions of the ship will still be radioactive for years to come.

Decommissioning the ship includes removal of all radioactive and environmentally damaging materials. The rest is recycled. Cost of decommissioning will cost at minimum half a billion dollars. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

Removal of the two nuclear reactors and its nuclear fuel requires removing sections of the hull that would render the carrier non sail worthy. Not to mention that even after removing the reactors portions of the ship will still be radioactive for years to come.

Decommissioning the ship includes removal of all radioactive and environmentally damaging materials. The rest is recycled. Cost of decommissioning will cost at minimum half a billion dollars. Originally Posted by txdot-guy

Don't remove both reactors.

Sail the Nimitz to the Philippines and permanently place it in a concrete cofferdam to provide a base against China. There is already an old Liberty ship doing that. Yes, it is a target as is anything on the water but it is also an asset. Originally Posted by Schwarzer Ritter

Don't we have a ship doing that in North Korea right now?