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The reactor was situated on land and known as the S1C Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU). Regarding its size and electric drive, the system layout was different than the S5W reactor used in most nuclear-powered submarines at the time. The prototype and ship had four turbine generators (2 for DC power for propulsion and 2 for AC voltage) and ...
The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant under construction (now halted) This table lists stations under construction stations without any reactor in service. Planned connection column indicates the connection of the first reactor, not thus whole capacity.
The plant was the prototype for the power system of USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, which used the improved S2W reactor. The specific location within the vast Idaho National Laboratory where the S1W prototype was located was the Naval Reactors Facility.
This nuclear reactor was constructed by General Electric as a prototype for the USS Seawolf submarine. It was a liquid metal cooled reactor using pure sodium to cool the core instead of water, because the higher temperature of liquid sodium (compared to pressurized water) enabled the production of more superheated steam in the steam generators.
Army Nuclear Power Program Reactors Name Location Reactor type Purpose Status Capacity (kW) Construction start date Operation date Closure Operator and owner SM-1: Fort Belvoir: PWR: Training and testing: Decommissioned: 2000: 8 April 1957 to 16 March 1973: United States Army: SM-1A: Fort Greely: Electricity and heat supply: Decommissioned ...
The reactor is designed to operate for 33 years without refueling. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This naval nuclear reactor is estimated to generate 210 megawatts (MWt) [ 3 ] driving a 30 MW pump-jet propulsion system built by BAE Systems that was designed for the Royal Navy [ 4 ] and entered service on the second Trafalgar -class submarine , also featured on ...
"Introducing the Enron Egg, the world's first micro-nuclear reactor for residential suburban use." The little device, according to Gaydos, has the ability to power a home for 10 continuous years.
A fission fragment reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates electricity by decelerating an ion beam of fission byproducts instead of using nuclear reactions to generate heat. By doing so, it bypasses the Carnot cycle and can achieve efficiencies of up to 90% instead of 40–45% attainable by efficient turbine-driven thermal reactors.