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| There are some discrepancies between the vessels listed under each reactor type and the reactors named in the articles describing the individual reactors and vessels (e.g. ], '']'', '']'' and '']''. This will have to be sorted out by somebody with accurate knowledge! ] 16:58, May 20, 2004 (UTC) | There are some discrepancies between the vessels listed under each reactor type and the reactors named in the articles describing the individual reactors and vessels (e.g. ], '']'', '']'' and '']''. This will have to be sorted out by somebody with accurate knowledge! ] 16:58, May 20, 2004 (UTC) | ||
| ::Here's the cause of the confusion: most U.S. nuclear submarines built in the 1960s and 1970s used ] plants with ] cores. The S5W design was used for the reactor pressure vessel, the steam generators, piping, pumps, turbines, and all other components outside the actual reactor vessel. Early S5W reactors used the original S5W cores designed for the S5W reactor. Later, however, the Navy began using the core originally designed for the S3G reactor. The S3G reactor was not widely used, but the 3rd version of the S3G core (the assembly of nuclear fuel elements and control rods that fits inside the pressure vessel) became the standard reactor core for most submarines until the introduction of the ] and ] reactors to power the much larger ] and ]. --] 03:49, 10 May 2006 (UTC) | |||
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Erm, isn't the title for this a little bit off? Shouldn't it be "United States Naval Reactors"? Elde 08:39, 22 Jan 2004 (UTC)
There are some discrepancies between the vessels listed under each reactor type and the reactors named in the articles describing the individual reactors and vessels (e.g. S3G reactor, USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659), USS Gato (SSN-615) and USS Triton (SSN-586). This will have to be sorted out by somebody with accurate knowledge! EdH 16:58, May 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Here's the cause of the confusion: most U.S. nuclear submarines built in the 1960s and 1970s used S5W reactor plants with S3G reactor cores. The S5W design was used for the reactor pressure vessel, the steam generators, piping, pumps, turbines, and all other components outside the actual reactor vessel. Early S5W reactors used the original S5W cores designed for the S5W reactor. Later, however, the Navy began using the core originally designed for the S3G reactor. The S3G reactor was not widely used, but the 3rd version of the S3G core (the assembly of nuclear fuel elements and control rods that fits inside the pressure vessel) became the standard reactor core for most submarines until the introduction of the S6G and S8G reactors to power the much larger Los Angeles class and Ohio class submarines. --A Bonnyman 03:49, 10 May 2006 (UTC)