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.
The three ships of the , , and submarines were built with S6W reactors.
Design The S6W has a thermal power output of and a shaft power output of through 2 steam turbines. It is believed to be able to utilize natural circulation at a large fraction of its full power without coolant pumps, which greatly reduces noise.
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