S2W reactor
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The S2W (Submarine platform Second generation core Westinghouse) reactor was a
naval reactor built by Westinghouse used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships
.
History
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This nuclear reactor is the shipboard equivalent of the prototype S1W reactor, with minor design changes, that was installed on USS Nautilus. As installed in Nautilus it generated 13,400 horsepower (10.0 MW). It was originally designated STR.[1]
USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, operated by Westinghouse, developed the basic reactor plant design used in Nautilus after being given the assignment on 31 December 1947 to design a nuclear power plant for a submarine.[2]
After Nautilus was
decommissioned, the reactor equipment was removed. The submarine is now moored and displayed as a museum ship at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut
.
Variant
After the predictable problems arose with the
saturated, rather than superheated
, steam. This reactor was designated S2Wa.
References
Notes
- ^ Norman Polmar, Kenneth J. Moore. Cold War submarines: the design and construction of U.S. and Soviet submarines. Brassey's.
- ^ "Lab's early submarine reactor program paved the way for modern nuclear power plants". Argonne's Nuclear Science and Technology Legacy (Press release). Argonne National Laboratory. 21 January 1996. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ http://www.new.ans.org/about/officers/docs/seawolf_sfr_sea_story_051712.pdf [bare URL PDF]