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ORAC
Not sure how much fail to put in that article since they get it wrong from the start by saying it will have a US reactor and turbines when it will be powered by a RR reactor module built in Derby based on the PWR3 used in Dreadnaught.
The PWR3 is heavily based on the Virginia’s S9G which, apart from having fuel for 33 years, has the ability to generate moderate levels of power whilst only using “convective cooling”, ie no MCP noise.
I suspect that RR are making a lot of the reactor components under licence to keep the politicians happy in that a local company is supplying the main cost item for the SSN’s.