The proposed battleship prompts discussion of separating steady electrical demand from brief peaks. Nuclear generation could supply the ship's continuous needs, while gas turbines could be brought up to cover a large temporary demand. That would reduce reliance on carrying enough battery storage for every peak load. The example is an engineering possibility raised during the review, rather than a confirmed machinery arrangement for the ship.
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Nuclear baseload with gas turbines for peak electrical demand
A speculative power arrangement would use nuclear generation for steady demand and gas turbines for short periods of much higher electrical load.