A1B reactor

The A1B reactor is a nuclear reactor being designed for use by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion for the Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carriers. [cite web |url=http://www.cfo.doe.gov/budget/05budget/content/nvlreact/nvlreact.pdf
title=FY 2005 Congressional Budget, Naval Reactors
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accessdate=2008-09-14] The A1B designation stands for [cite web |url=http://www.bechtel.com/assets/files/PDF/brief1202.pdf |format=pdf |title=Bechtel Briefs -- December 2002 |accessdate=2007-09-19] :

* A = Aircraft carrier platform
* 1 = First generation core designed by the contractor
* B = Bechtel is the contracted designer

Initial plans for the "Gerald R. Ford"-class carrier program include a two-reactor complex intended to replace the A4W reactor design used on the Nimitz class carriersFact|date=September 2007.

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