Oil shocks and naval energy costs

Will an oil shock help navies by pushing them toward nuclear power?

The answer expects harm to navies and says the duration of the shock matters. It makes no firm prediction that higher oil prices will lead to nuclear propulsion.

An oil shock is expected to hurt navies, with the severity depending on its duration. Britain is described as particularly exposed because its energy costs are already high. The accompanying criticism concerns taxation and partial privatization, which in this account leave costly infrastructure with the state and profitable activities in private hands. A possible turn toward nuclear propulsion is raised in the question, but no firm prediction is made that this will follow.