S6W reactor

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

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 shaft horsepower of 45,000 shp.

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

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United States Naval Reactors

Aircraft carrier	A1W A2W A3W A4W A1B

Cruiser	C1W

Destroyer	D1G D2G

Submarine	S1C S1G S1W S2C S2G S2W S2Wa S3G S3W S4G S4W S5G S5W S6G S6W S7G S8G S9G S1B

List of United States Naval reactors

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