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Modern submarines (depending on type) use nuclear fuel for their reactors, plus a tank of diesel fuel that acts as both reactor shielding and fuel supply for the backup diesel generator.
Diesel-Electric submarines use strictly diesel fuel.
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How many gallons of fuel does a nuclear submarine hold?
A nuclear submarine has a reactor . There is no liquid fuel at all.
What fuel does a submarine use for cooking?
All submarine ranges and ovens are electric or microwave.
How long can a submarine be in the water?
A nuclear powered submarine can remain submerged for as long as it has fuel rods and supplies for the crew.
Material used to build first submarine?
Wood was used to make the first submarine
A sentence with submarine in it?
A submarine is only used under water.
What radioactive isotope is generally used to fuel a controlled nuclear chain reaction?
235U with a 5% enrichment of 238U is generally used to fuel a controlled nuclear chain reaction. In a navy nuclear application, such as a submarine, a higher enrichment of 238U is used, around 20%.
How was the submarine used?
they were used in wars
How is the word submarine used in a simple sentence?
The submarine is under water.
What was a submarine used for in ww1?
A submarine was used to monitor enemy activity and then to attack by using large torpedoes.
What is a device used to view through a submarine?
The object used to view the outside from inside the submarine is called a periscope.
When was the first submarine used?
1776
What is a submarine's underwater bomb called?
This is an old and a common term. The torpedo has been used since the first submarine's were used in war time.
