对核动力铁道机车和汽垫船已做了研究，但这些应用一般被认为，往好里说也是徒劳。 Studies have been made of reactor powered railway engines and hovercrafts, but these applications are generally regarded as marginal at best.
尽管有这些问题，但是核动力在1984年供给的电约占美国用电总量的13％。 But in despite of these problems, nuclear power provided about13 percent of America's electricity in1984.
