C1W reactor
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The C1W reactor is a nuclear reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The C1W designation stands for:
- C = Cruiser platform
- 1 = First generation core designed by the contractor
- W = Westinghouse was the contracted designer
This type of nuclear propulsion plant was used exclusively on the Long Beach-class guided missile cruiser, the world's first nuclear-powered cruiser. The C1W was the only nuclear reactor ever explicitly earmarked for a cruiser, with all subsequent nuclear cruisers powered by "D"-class (or destroyer-type) reactors.
United States Naval reactors |
Aircraft carrier reactors: |
A1B | A1W | A2W | A3W | A4W |
Cruiser reactors: |
C1W |
Destroyer reactors: |
D1G | D2G |
Submarine reactors: |
S1C | S1G | S1W | S2C | S2G | S2W | S2Wa | S3G | S3W | S4G | S4W | S5G | S5W | S6G | S6W | S7G | S8G | S9G |
List of United States Naval reactors |
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