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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE CBO The Cost- Effectiveness of Nuclear Power for Navy Surface Ships MAY 2011 Pub. No. 4028 A CBO S T U D Y The Cost-Effectiveness of Nuclear Power for Navy Surface Ships May 2011 The Congress of the United States O Congressional Budget Office Notes All years referred to are federal fiscal years, which run from October 1 to September 30. Numbers in the text and tables may not add up to totals because of rounding. On the cover—A portion of the Bataan amphibious ready group, accompanied by a Ticonderoga class cruiser; photo by Corporal Theodore W. Tirchie, U.S. Marine Corps. CBO Preface In recent years, the Congress has shown interest in powering some of the Navy’s future destroyers and amphibious warfare ships with nuclear rather than conventional (petroleum- based) fuel. At the request of the former Chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces of the House Committee on Armed Services, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated the difference in life-cycle costs (the total costs incurred for a ship, from acquisition through operations to disposal) between powering those new surface ships with nuclear reactors and equipping them with conventional engines. R. Derek Trunkey and Matthew Goldberg of CBO’s National Security Division wrote the study under the general supervision of J. Michael Gilmore (formerly of CBO) and David Mosher. Eric J. Labs, also of the National Security Division, provided projections of the Navy’s future fleets. Raymond Hall of