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It's apparently been done in Russia (they also use nuclear-powered ice-breakers) but they don't necessarily care about safety too much. When it is done elsewhere, it tends to be that the marine reactor is no longer in the sub/ship or they modify it heavily and facilities are built to facilitate it's use as a power plant - scroll down to "Marine reactors used for power supply, floating nuclear power plants" here.
Here's something from someone who has thought it through (the ultimate source seems to be this post from a submarine officer):
Basically, there's no giant socket on a nuclear sub to plug anything into (some recharge the batteries from dockside others just do it from the excess power of the reactor when in dock) and there would need to be a step-up transformer with a sufficiently heavy-duty cable to run it to the grid, where the power breakers would need to be over-ridden. So basically, you'd be jury-rigging a number of complicated systems (including a nuclear reactor) for no good reason. Also if he thinks he's going to try that in the middle of Liverpool then he can do one. I think JRM can now consider himself on the Scouse Shit-list - by default Tories are on the Naughty List and you have to work hard to get off it (basically only Hezza is welcome to come round for a pint, but he still might have to get the ale in to guarantee no-one kicks off).