The S5G reactor plant floats in a tank of water to simulate the engine room of a submarine
The S5G reactor was a prototype naval reactor designed for the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on submarines. The S5G designation stands for:
S = Submarine platform
5 = Fifth generation core designed by the contractor
S5Greactor was a prototype naval reactor designed for the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on submarines. The S5G...
USS Seadragon (SSN-584) S5Greactor A land-based prototype located at Naval Reactors Facility, and USS Narwhal (SSN-671) S5W reactor Skipjack-class submarine...
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...
1 17 January 1966 12 July 1969 Unique submarine; natural circulation S5Greactor Glenard P. Lipscomb 1 5 June 1971 21 December 1974 Unique submarine;...
Reactors facility where three nuclear propulsion prototypes A1W, S1W and S5G were located. It is contractor-operated for the government by Fluor Corporation...
fission-based nuclear research reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. Some "research" reactors were built for the purpose of...
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...
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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