Work for sub reactor test site until 'at least 2027'
A nuclear submarine reactor test site is to remain operational in the north of Scotland until at least 2027, Defence Minister ...
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US Navy next-gen submarines, carriers to get nuclear reactors with longer deployments
BWX Technologies has been awarded contracts totaling approximately $2.1 billion from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. This substantial investment aims to manufacture reactor components ...
China Is On the Cusp of Building a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier—And Taking Control of the Pacific
One of the last technical advantages U.S. aircraft carriers have over their Chinese counterparts is close to dissolving. Deep ...
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Certifying Nuclear Reactors: How The NRC Approved Its First Small Modular Reactor Design
For example, the reactors which power military vessels and submarines for the US, France, China, and Russia are SMRs. They’re largely self-contained units, which in the case of naval reactors ...
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Admiral Rickover's Gamble
Drawing on both AEC and Navy engineering experience and funds, this Naval Reactors Branch during the next three years organized and directed a huge research and development effort. Westinghouse ...
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BWXT Announces $2.1 Billion in Contracts for Naval Nuclear Reactor Components
BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) today announced the award of U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contracts totaling approximately $2.1 billion for the manufacture of reactor components.