klapauzius said:
Which begs the question, where the nuclear reactor will go, on the tanker?
On the aircraft carrier.
The 'conundrum' of nuclear powered carriers has always been that although they don't need fuel, their aircraft do, and so do the conventionally fuelled battle and support vessels that make up the battle-fleet (carriers never sail alone).
So it begs the question; why bother having a nuclear carrier if you have to send out fuel victualling to the battle fleet anyhow? But if you could instead make your own fuel with the carrier's nuclear power plant, the issue of sending out refuelling tankers goes away which is both a more secure solution and also validates the value of the nuclear carrier.