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[edit] Design?

I could be wrong, but even though this is Betchel's first design, should it be the A5W? Or have I just gotten so used to Westinghouse plants that I've mistaken how it goes with other developers in the mix?

Izuko 19:10, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

The 'W' designated Westinghouse, but Bechtel bought out the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (BAPL) a few years ago. The 'B' actually stands for Bechtel and not Bettis. While it's essentially the same folks, the parent company is different. 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Ahhh, sorry... so used to dealing with their Bettis Labs division that I kind of forgot the rest of the company existed. Izuko 04:10, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] References

I've added a cite-needed here as part of the Short article clean-up project. I believe that the relevant cite is to Jane's International Defense Review, probably October 2006. Unfortunately I don't happen to have that periodical. If anyone out there does and can verify the citation, please drop it in. -- Courier 21:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure a cite needed is needed, although it does require reading between the lines a little. The text in the Bechtel reference already linked states "Earlier this year, the Navy announced that the reactor plant for its new class of aircraft carriers would be known as the A1B. The “B” stands for Bechtel—which operates the lead laboratory for the design of the plant—and the “1” denotes that this is Bechtel’s first design of a reactor plant for an aircraft carrier (represented by the “A”)." Since there is only one new class of carriers in development, it stands to reason that the Gerald R. Ford class is the class they are talking about. I could also just have someone take a picture of me wearing my spiffy golf jacket with the CVN78 and A1B logos to prove it, but that would be both original research and a COI, wouldn't it? :) 155.104.37.18 (talk) 19:48, 2 April 2008 (UTC)