Nuclear powered carriers

"The USN is only putting nuclear power in capital ships and subs"

I recall reading somewhere that the Navy only continues using nuclear
power
for carriers not for reasons of propulsion but because the steam
generated
is a neccessary component of the steam catapults (call it high tech but
the
business end of a nuclear powered ship is a good old fashioned steam
turbine - the reactor's just a super-duper boiler).  The article was
concerning the navy's plans for the next generation carriers (as well as
possible design modifications to the remaining two funded units in the
Nimitz class).	If the magnetic accelerator catapults currently in
development pan out,  cheaper gas turbines'll likely power the next gen
of
carriers.

			-M