The Rolls-Royce pressurised water reactor (PWR) series has powered the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines since the Valiant class, commissioned in 1966. Nuclear...
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1960 and deals with processing of uranium fuel and the fabrication of Rolls-Royce PWR nuclear reactor cores for Royal Navy submarines such as the new Astute...
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The Rolls-Royce SMR, also known as the UK SMR, is a small modular reactor (SMR) being developed by the Rolls-Royce (RR) company in the United Kingdom....
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VSEL/Rolls-Royce, with bids to be submitted in June 1995. GEC-Marconi and BMT had little experience with British submarine designs, whereas VSEL and Rolls-Royce...
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commissioned as HMS Vulcan in 1963. It went critical in 1965. HMS Vulcan is a Rolls-Royce PWR 1 reactor plant and tested Cores A, B and Z before being shut down...
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class. A new pressurised water reactor, the Rolls-Royce PWR 2, was designed for the Vanguard class. The PWR 2 has double the service life of previous models...
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(285 ft) Beam 10.1 m (33 ft) Draught 8.2 m (27 ft) Propulsion One Rolls-Royce PWR nuclear reactor, one shaft Speed 28 knots (52 km/h) (submerged) Range...
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nuclear reactors Nuclear marine propulsion United States Naval reactor Rolls-Royce PWR – United Kingdom's naval reactors Soviet naval reactors US Navy Propulsion...
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would be very noticeable if some went missing. Rolls-Royce is preparing a close-coupled three-loop PWR design, sometimes called the UK SMR. The power...
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US S5W reactor, with HMS Valiant (S102) carrying the first UK built Rolls-Royce PWR, in 1966. Germany 1968 - Otto Hahn (ship) 1968 Commercial ship, scrapped...
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