A1W reactor

A1W reactor

The A1W reactor is a prototype nuclear reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The A1W designation stands for:

* A = Aircraft carrier platform
* 1 = First generation core designed by the contractor
* W = Westinghouse was the contracted designer

The reactor was a Westinghouse Electric Corporation-built naval reactor power plant, installed in the Naval Reactor Facility in the desert of Idaho. It first operated in October 1958. This reactor plant consisted of two reactors operated in tandem so that the steam produced by both reactors was used to power one turbine connected to a drive shaft. [cite web |url=http://en.allexperts.com/e/a/a/a1w_reactor.htm |title=A1W Reactor: Encyclopedia |accessdate=2007-09-19]

This nuclear reactor was the prototype for the A2W reactor used in the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65). [cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/eng/reactor.html |title=Nuclear Propulsion |accessdate=2007-09-19]

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