nuclear propulsion - the propulsion of a ship or submarine by an engine driven by steam generated by nuclear energy in a reactor, rather than combustion of fuel in a boiler
nuclear propulsion - the use of the energy released by a nuclear reaction to provide propulsive thrust through heating the working fluid or providing electric power for an ion or similar propulsion system
... "military purpose" means direct military applications of nuclear energy such as nuclear weapons, military nuclear propulsion, military nuclear rocket engines or military nuclear reactors but does not include indirect uses such as power for a military base drawn from a civil power network, or production of radioisotopes to be used for diagnosis in a military hospital ...
