William and Catherine, who are known as the Earl and Countess of Strathearn in Scotland, were due to travel to Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, to learn about the new Astute Class of nuclear powered submarines being built for the Royal Navy by BAE Systems.
Devonport is home to the Royal Navy's seven Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered submarines and has four decommissioned nuclear submarines awaiting dismantling.
With the retirement of the last conventionally-powered carrier in 2009, the service currently operates 11 nuclear-powered supercarriers that are without peer in the other navies of the world.
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Tritium is a radioactive substance produced by the reactors from nuclear-powered submarines based at the Devonport yard.
In its report on the topic, Forbes suggests that nuclear-powered LEDs provide a more realistic solution.
India has taken possession of a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia on a 10-year lease, Indian media say.
The 97m (318ft)-long craft is the UK's newest nuclear-powered attack submarine and joined the Royal Navy fleet in August 2010.
It and the seven other operational Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are the core of the US's world conventional military reach.
In October 2010, the Anglian Prince went to the aid of the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Astute after it grounded off Skye.
Similarly, Brazil's arms build-up, which includes plans for a nuclear-powered submarine and new jet fighters, has not alarmed its neighbours much.
But Russia has confirmed that it will be sending the flagship of its Baltic fleet, the nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great.
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The Clemenceau took part in the 1991 Gulf War, but was replaced in 1997 by the new nuclear-powered carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.
Walker wasn't merely a tailback he was a 6-foot-1, 225-pound nuclear-powered tank who, in three collegiate seasons, rushed for 5, 259 yards and 49 touchdowns.
The U.S. Navy is staging the aquatic-equivalent of a dog-and-pony show in the Arctic Ocean this month with a small fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
Namely, the nuclear-powered heavy missile cruiser, Peter the Great, as well as the Admiral Chabanenko (an Anti-Submarine Warship) will be directly involved in the exercises.
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The intended target of a gunman who went on a shooting spree onboard a nuclear-powered submarine has told an inquest how he escaped the bullets.
That will be followed by deployment of an unmanned lunar orbiter mission along with a nuclear-powered landing vehicle to support lunar rover delivery and sample return operations.
India has an aircraft-carrier, and recently got a nuclear-powered submarine.
It has also built nuclear-powered ballistic missile and attack submarines.
The U.S. Navy has deployed two nuclear-powered submarines off the coast of Alaska close to a temporary camp constructed on the ice roughly 150 miles north of Prudhoe Bay.
Washington (CNN) -- The USS Enterprise is the nation's oldest active duty warship, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and a history-making symbol of America's naval might for half a century.
Just before halting its investigations, the nuclear-powered rover used the drill at the end of its 7-foot-long robotic arm to bore into a rock near where it landed and analyze the powder.
Vajpayee on the other hand remains on the list, albeit 35 places below his nuclear-powered ranking in 1998, for being caretaker prime minister and still being in position to retake his former office.
In a wood-paneled office aboard the Nimitz, Vice Admiral Cullom points out that when the Navy decided to build nuclear-powered ships like this one, the technology was too expensive to be commercially viable.
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Blunk, 26, had served on the aircraft carrier the USS Nimitz for more than six years, working with the boilers and propulsion systems of the nuclear-powered vessel, and hoped to re-enlist in the military, according to his grandparents Thomas and Kay Blunk of Central, Texas, outside Lufkin.
The proposed plan would retire seven cruisers early, delay construction of the next large-deck amphibious warfare ship by one year, cancel the second Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) in 2014, delay construction of two smaller amphibious warfare ships, and reduce procurement of littoral combat ships by two and joint high speed vessels by eight.
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It was powered by a nuclear generator and bristled with lasers, scoops, cameras, and mechanical claws.
Ironically, Germany, once a net power exporter, now imports electricity from French nuclear facilities and fossil-powered plants in neighboring countries.
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