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Well geez, every one seems to be answering for the reactor that is used to propel the ship on its merry way. Were you asking about the fissile material in the armament (like 24 missiles w/8 warheads)? My specialty was Los Angeles class, but both are classified so a good estimate - enough to...

We are trying to say the same thing! Binding energy is the energy (or mass, E=MC^2) a nucleon will give up to become part of an atom. If we take Carbon 12 {which weighs 12.0000} and add a neutron {which weighs 1.00866} we get Carbon 13 {which weighs 13.00335} So if Energy = Mass at...