jaggedben
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern California
- Occupation
- Solar and Energy Storage Installer
Other than the navy having nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers (which they've had for decades) I don't think that's true in any meaningful way. The military does not supply power to the civilian grid in this country; it's almost entirely the other way.Using nuclear power as a source
If you want to get an idea how much power is coming from nuclear check out the fuel mix graphs here.

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Nuclear energy isn't growing in this country, it's mostly stable but slightly shrinking.