Westinghouse LWNP

History

The Westinghouse Light Weight Nuclear Propulsion(LWNP) was an propulsion plant designed to be an drop-in replacement for LM2500 Gas turbines in marine powerplants. It was based on existing technologies, notably those developed for nuclear rocket reactors. The LWNP consisted of an gas cooled nuclear reactor....

Used on

• LWNP Spruance class proposal
• LWNP Spruance class proposal

Affiliated systems

• General Electric LM2500

Part description

The part has the below deck installation drawn in. Red lines show deck heights.

See also

• Proceedings of a Symposium Advanced Compact Reactor Systems
• Maritime Applications of an Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor Propulsion System