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    S5G reactor was a prototype naval reactor designed for the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on submarines. The S5G...
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  • USS Seadragon (SSN-584) S5G reactor A land-based prototype located at Naval Reactors Facility USS Narwhal (SSN-671) S5W reactor Skipjack-class submarine...
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    compartment. Her reactor compartment and engine room were unlike those of previous classes due to her unique natural circulation S5G reactor and direct-drive...
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    globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 23 January 2023. "Evolution of Naval Reactor Design". large.stanford.edu. S5G - Natural Circulation. Retrieved 23 January 2023....
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    generator and slightly greater beam. Aft she had the natural circulation S5G reactor and a direct-drive turbine, along with several other quieting features...
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    Reactors facility where three nuclear propulsion prototypes A1W, S1W and S5G were located. It is contractor-operated for the government by Fluor Corporation...
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    two more prototype plant facilities, A1W and S5G, were built at this location called the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF for short). There is also an Expended...
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  • 1 17 January 1966 12 July 1969 Unique submarine; natural circulation S5G reactor Glenard P. Lipscomb 1 5 June 1971 21 December 1974 Unique submarine;...
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  • fission-based nuclear research reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were built for the purpose of...
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    named S1W, the prototype for the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), named A1W, and S5G, which are all shutdown and defueled. This course of instruction is commonly...
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    flow as long as the reactor is hotter than the heat sink, even when power cannot be supplied to the pumps. Notable examples are the S5G and S8G United States...
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    plant operations with three nuclear propulsion prototypes — A1W, S1W, and S5G. From 1959 until 1993, over 14,000 Naval operators were trained at the S1C...
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