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The S5W reactor is a nuclear reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. [1]

20 relations: Basic Books, Electricity generation, Federation of American Scientists, Naval Support Activity Charleston, Nuclear marine propulsion, Nuclear reactor core, Pressurized water reactor, Royal Navy, S1W reactor, S3G reactor, S6G reactor, Submarine, United Kingdom, United States naval reactors, United States Navy, USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635), USS Scorpion, Warship, Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Basic Books

Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York, now an imprint of Hachette Books.

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Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy.

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Federation of American Scientists

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a 501(c)(3) organization with the stated intent of using science and scientific analysis to attempt to make the world more secure.

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Naval Support Activity Charleston

Naval Support Activity Charleston, originally designated Naval Weapons Station Charleston, is a base of the United States Navy located on the west bank of the Cooper River, in the cities of Goose Creek and Hanahan South Carolina.

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Nuclear marine propulsion

Nuclear marine propulsion is propulsion of a ship or submarine with heat provided by a nuclear power plant.

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Nuclear reactor core

A nuclear reactor core is the portion of a nuclear reactor containing the nuclear fuel components where the nuclear reactions take place and the heat is generated.

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Pressurized water reactor

Pressurized water reactors (PWRs) constitute the large majority of the world's nuclear power plants (notable exceptions being the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada) and are one of three types of light water reactor (LWR), the other types being boiling water reactors (BWRs) and supercritical water reactors (SCWRs).

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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S1W reactor

The S1W reactor was the first prototype naval reactor used by the United States Navy to prove that the technology could be used for electricity generation and propulsion on submarines.

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S3G reactor

The S3G reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships.

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S6G reactor

The S6G reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on attack submarines.

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Submarine

A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States naval reactors

United States naval reactors are nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy aboard certain ships to generate the steam used to produce power for propulsion, electric power, catapulting airplanes in aircraft carriers, and a few more minor uses.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626)

USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626), a ballistic missile submarine (FBM), was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Senator Daniel Webster.

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USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635)

USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) was a fleet ballistic missile submarine named for Sam Rayburn (1882–1961), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1940–1947, 1949–1953, and 1955–1961).

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USS Scorpion

USS Scorpion may refer to.

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Warship

A warship is a naval ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare.

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Westinghouse Electric Corporation

The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S5W_reactor

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