S6W reactor

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USS Connecticut (SSN-22)

The S6W reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The S6W designation stands for:

• S, Submarine platform
• 6, Sixth generation core designed by the contractor
• W, Westinghouse was the contracted designer

History[]

This pressurized water reactor was prototyped in the land-based S8G plant at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory's Kesselring Site in West Milton, NY starting in March 1994. It has a power output of 57,000 shp (43 MW).^[1]

The three ships of the Seawolf-class submarine USS Seawolf (SSN-21), USS Connecticut (SSN-22), and USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) submarines were built with S6W reactors.

Design[]

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