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The S2W reactor was a naval nuclear reactor developed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation for use in the United States Navy's nuclear-powered submarines. The reactor's designation, S2W, stands for "Submarine platform," "second-generation core design," and "Westinghouse," the contractor responsible for its development.
S2G reactor. USS Seawolf (SSN-575) S2W reactor. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) S2Wa reactor. replacement reactor for USS Seawolf (SSN-575) S3G reactor. land-based prototype for USS Triton (SSN-586); located at Kesselring site; S3W reactor. USS Skate (SSN-578) USS Sargo (SSN-583) USS Halibut (SSGN-587) S4G reactor. USS Triton (SSRN-586) S4W reactor
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. [14] Nuclear power had a crucial advantage in submarine propulsion because it is a zero-emission process that consumes no air.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is issuing a construction permit for a new type of nuclear reactor that uses molten salt to cool the reactor core. The NRC is issuing the permit to Kairos ...
USS Nautilus was powered by the S2W reactor, and crew were trained on the land-based S1W reactor at INL. The second nuclear submarine was USS Seawolf , which was initially powered by a sodium-cooled S2G reactor , and supported by the land-based S1G reactor at the Kesselring site under Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory operated by General Electric .
The company wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of new U.S. nuclear generation capacity starting in the early 2030s, it said in a release. A typical U.S. nuclear plant has a capacity of about 1 gigawatt.
The land-based nuclear reactor was built at the National Reactor Testing Station, later called Idaho National Engineering Laboratory near Arco, Idaho. [1] 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.
Hanford’s historic B Reactor, the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor, went critical on Sept. 26, 1944. Wigner’s team had designed the Hanford reactors to house 1,600 process tubes.