Do you happen to be one of the misinformed? A mate of mine is stationed with the Admiralty in London, and he thinks that it might be used to provide energy for the newest series of Battleships. (OOC: Carrier was never invented. I don't hate nukes as in I want them banned, but I can't stand them because a whole lot of them were/are aimed at Germany.
The rumours are kind of all over the place, and range from the practical, such as propulsion for a warship, to the absurd, such as a torpedo that can wipe out half an enemy fleet in one go. that one is absurd as a bomb leveling a city, but it must have got the Admiralty's attention if they are wasting that much money trying to either build one or to prove it impossible.
The limitless power is something worth getting. Even if the price is those absurd terrible weapons that the popular press keeps going on about.
Speaking of a waste of money, did you see that new ship that the RCN wants to build? 40,000 tons, no guns heavier than 4in, light armour, and a flat deck, right from bow to stern, with a minimal superstructure offset to the starboard side, the flat deck is meant to allow the ship to carry a few dozen airplanes. Slightly modified Hornet Mk IVs*, in fact.
A ship that is little more than a floating airfield? What will someone come up with next? Airplanes sinking a battleship? That is theoretical, some of the bunker-busting bombs that the Vulcan** bombers can carry could do it, piercing right through the deck armour of a super-dreadnought like it isn't even there, but to hit a moving target from 30,000 feet?
Bomber Command and Coastal Command would both gloat from now until doomsday if they could pull that off. No wonder the Navy wants their own fighters. Seaplanes aren't fast enough, nor are they sufficiently maneuverable, to take on land based fighters and win. And seaplane tenders can't launch their planes fast enough to counter such an attempt, even if RDF gave them sufficient warning. So the Navy, instead of getting the Air Force to cover them with long ranged fighters, (some of the new ones have the range to cover fleets and convoys all the way out to the mid Atlantic...), is going to go with this silly idea.
Even if it works, it is still silly because asking the Air Force for help would be cheaper and just as effective.
OOC: Someone is trying to invent the carrier, but if you've never heard of the concept before, it does seem kind of silly.
Hornet Mk IV, air superiority fighter, resembles a Hawker Typhoon in overall appearance, with the performance of a last generation P-51 Mustang. Produced by Gloster-Supermarine Aviation, Ltd.
Vulcan, a heavy bomber, most closely resembles a B-29 Superfortress, but slightly bigger, and with inline engines, not radials. Has an intercontinental range, but only with 30% of it's maximum payload. Built by, of course, Avro.
I've lived my whole life in places that would be very close to ground zero should a nuclear war happen. Nuclear weapons don't bother me in the slightest, so long as they aren't used. And if they are, I might have about half an hour to either get piss drunk and find some chick to screw or run far enough away that I don't get fried. And then find some chick to screw and some liquor to drink.