The A1W reactor is a prototype nuclear reactor used by the United States Navy to provide electricity generation and propulsion on warships. The A1W designation stands for:

2023年11月2日 · IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – The Naval Reactors Facility turned over the aircraft carrier first design by Westinghouse reactor prototype (A1W) to the Department of Energy Office of Environmental...

The NRF is a United States Department of Energy - Naval Reactors facility where three nuclear propulsion prototypes A1W, S1W and S5G were located. It is contractor-operated for the government by Fluor Corporation through their subsidiary, Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC, which also operates Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory and Knolls Atomic Power ...

In 1956, the A1W prototype reactor was created for U.S. Navy surface ships. The plant was installed on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), which served as the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. [1]

A1W was the prototype for the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65). The reactors achieved criticality in 1958 and 1959. The prototype also provided realistic training for reactor operators in an environment nearly identical to what they would encounter within the actual carrier.

As the Navy’s need for nuclear-powered surface ships evolved, the A1W nuclear prototype was built at the Naval Reactors Facility to test new technology. The S1W and A1W facilities were shut down in 1989 and 1994, respectively.

2010年10月31日 · The STR was redesigned as the first generation submarine reactor S1W, which reached criticality on March 30, 1953, was the prototype of the USS Nautilus (SSN 571) reactor and was followed in the middle to late 1950s by the Aircraft carrier reactor A1W, the prototype for the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise plant.

2024年11月5日 · D&D plans at S5G are consistent with a 2019 agreement between EM and the U.S. Office of Naval Reactors that created a path for EM’s current D&D efforts at the Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse (S1W) and Aircraft Carrier 1st Generation Westinghouse (A1W) legacy prototypes at NRF.

2023年10月24日 · EM workers have begun early deactivation and decommissioning activities at the Aircraft Carrier 1st Gen. Westinghouse (A1W) prototype with D&D work on the ancillary …

The A1W (Aircraft carrier, 1st prototype, Westinghouse) plant consisted of a pair of prototype reactors for the USS Enterprise nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The PWRs designated A and B,...