S2W reactor

S2W reactor

The S2W reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S2W designation stands for:

* S = Submarine platform
* 2 = Second generation core designed by the contractor
* W = Westinghouse was the contracted designer

This nuclear reactor is the shipboard equivalent of the prototype S1W reactor, with minor design changes, that was installed on the USS "Nautilus" SSN-571.

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.


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