A submarine powered by a nuclear reactor.
the nuclear submarine docked at a US naval base in Guam
Example sentencesExamples
- The nuclear submarine has returned home after almost eight months away on deployment.
- Nuclear submarines work differently to diesels because they run permanently on their power plant.
- His main Naval duty is to look after redundant nuclear submarines until someone can decide what to do with their reactors.
- He came to the United States to train as a nuclear engineer and had worked on nuclear submarines.
- I helped to develop nuclear submarines.
- They are to hold two public meetings to explain plans to open up a decommissioned nuclear submarine to visitors.
- The navy has an excellent safety record in the operation of its nuclear submarines.
- The captain and his crew attempt to save a nuclear submarine from exploding when it crashes nearby.
- If these nuclear submarines are not safely defuelled and dismantled, their reactors could be damaged or sabotaged.
- The country's nuclear submarines and nuclear weapons are already built and repaired by highly skilled workers.