Why USS Enterprise's eight reactors bothered Doug Clarke

Which aircraft carrier design annoyed Doug Clarke the most?

USS Enterprise, chiefly because he thought its eight-reactor propulsion plant was excessive.

USS Enterprise was the carrier design that most annoyed Doug Clarke. His objection was specific to its use of eight nuclear reactors, a number he regarded as excessive for one carrier. The criticism concerned the complexity and arrangement of the propulsion plant. The carrier's size and aviation role were not identified as the problem.