Naval Reactors (NR), which administers the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, is an umbrella term for the U.S. government office that has comprehensive...
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565222°N 119.519361°W / 46.565222; -119.519361 United States naval reactors are nuclear reactors used by the United States Navy aboard certain ships to generate...
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The Naval Reactors Facility (NRF) is located 52 miles (84 km) northwest of Idaho Falls, Idaho. The NRF is a United States Department of Energy-Naval Reactors...
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States Naval reactors is a comprehensive list of all naval reactors designed, built, or used by the United States Navy. Each nuclear reactor design is...
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designs include generation IV, thermal-neutron reactors, fast-neutron reactors, molten salt, and gas-cooled reactor models. Commercial SMRs have been designed...
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Nuclear marine propulsion (redirect from Naval nuclear reactor)
propulsion reactor produces no more than a few hundred megawatts. Some small modular reactors (SMR) are similar to marine propulsion reactors in capacity...
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OKBM Afrikantov (section Naval reactors)
including reactors for nuclear submarines, nuclear-powered icebreakers, and the floating nuclear power plant project. It also designs fast breeder reactors. Nearly...
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Nuclear navy (section United States Naval reactors)
of Reactor Development, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and then assumed control of the United States Navy's effort as Director of the Naval Reactors Branch...
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pressurized water reactors and a relatively few liquid metal fast reactors. OKBM Afrikantov has been the primary designer of naval reactors for the Soviet/Russian...
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small nuclear reactors List of cancelled nuclear reactors in Russia List of United States naval reactors List of cancelled nuclear reactors in the United...
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other design differences have emerged between naval reactors and the usually much larger power station reactors. It is estimated that the thermal power output...
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with liquid metal cooled reactors. However the seven-member Alfa class were subsequently fitted with liquid metal cooled reactors. Its usage in the K-27...
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Propulsion community consists of Naval Officers and Enlisted members who are specially trained to run and maintain the nuclear reactors that power the submarines...
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Pressurized Reactor and the Franco-German European Pressurized Reactor. All the United States Naval reactors are of this type. Boiling water reactors (BWR)...
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improved S2W reactor. The specific location within the vast Idaho National Laboratory where the S1W prototype was located was the Naval Reactors Facility...
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The A4W reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to propel warships and generate onboard electricity. The A4W designation stands for:...
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the U.S. Navy Training facilities for Naval Reactors and Nuclear Power schools Various field offices and the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program Headquarters...
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Washington Navy Yard (redirect from Naval Gun Factory)
commands of: Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Reactors, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Installations...
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(60 km/h). Both reactors would have been on-line to simultaneously provide maximum ship speed and plane launching capability. The reactors are pressurized...
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formerly operated two separate prototype nuclear reactors, trialling five different types of submarine reactor core. The site is located adjacent to the Dounreay...
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propulsion on warships. Like all operational U.S. naval reactors it was a pressurized water reactor (PWR) design. The A3W designation stands for: A =...
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Idaho National Laboratory (redirect from National Reactor Testing Station)
researchers make nuclear power reactors safer and longer lasting. The Boiling Water Reactors (BORAX) experiments were five reactors built between 1953 and 1964...
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nuclear reactors[citation needed]; due to these factors, they make up the vast majority of civil nuclear reactors and naval propulsion reactors in service...
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Hyman G. Rickover (category United States Naval Academy alumni)
original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. In addition...
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reactor List of nuclear reactors List of small nuclear reactor designs List of United States Naval reactors List of Soviet Naval reactors "Nuclear Power in...
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Production of Highly Enriched Uranium for Naval Reactors" (PDF). The Nonproliferation Review: 89. "S9G Next Generation Reactor / High Energy Density Core". Global...
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Nuclear submarine (section Reactor accidents)
submarines, including serious nuclear and radiation accidents, but American naval reactors starting with the S1W and iterations of designs have operated without...
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Thorium-based nuclear power (redirect from Thorium reactors)
many of these reactors were light-water reactors starting with the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. These were similar to the reactor designs that produced...
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(DOE). Naval Reactors, which oversees the nuclear reactor program of the U.S. Navy, was to participate in the design and construction of the reactors for...
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Rolls-Royce PWR (redirect from PWR2 reactor)
submarine reactors, and remains so today. The Ministry of Defence's Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE), at Dounreay, tested each reactor core design...
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