Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in shipyard to have nuclear fuel removed . The US Navy has been working on a plan for removing the spent nuclear fuel from its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and other ships since last year. Meanwhile , the Enterprise will be towed down the East Coast and all the way around the tip of South America and up the Pacific Coast , with a final destination of Puget Sound , Washington . 30-ton , five-decade-old anchor from Enterprise is installed on the Lincoln .
Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in shipyard to have nuclear fuel removed . The US Navy has been working on a plan for removing the spent nuclear fuel from its nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and other ships since last year. 30-ton , five-decade-old anchor from Enterprise is installed on the Lincoln .