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...this, there are many bright spots. Westinghouse is moving fast in the growing field of industrial atomics. It turned out the atomic-propulsion unit for the submarine Nautilus and is building reactors for an aircraft carrier and for fleet-type submarines. Westinghouse is also constructing the reactor and parts for Shippingport, the first U.S. central atomic-power station...
...from the Nautilus. Westinghouse arrived at Geneva's trade fair with a big salesman's advantage. It was the only company in the world that could take orders for a well-tested reactor. Though Britain could show off great technological advances-and its businessmen drew most of the preconference attention-it was far from the production stage on any specific model. Westinghouse, as the firm that built the power plant for the atomic submarine Nautilus, could boast of two years of practical experience with working reactors...
...Seawolf, 330 ft. overall with only a 27-ft. beam, will cost about $53 million complete; it is slightly leaner, longer and more expensive than the Nautilus, the world's first atomic-powered submarine (TIME, Jan. 11, 1954). The drastic differences are inside: to further nuclear development, the Navy deliberately chose two distinct, competitive types of atomic reactors to power steam turbines aboard the two vessels. Unlike the water-cooled thermal reactor on the Nautilus, the Seawolf's high-speed reactor will be cooled by liquid sodium, will create more heat and energy and burn more nuclear fuel...
...other necessary items will be installed aboard the Seawolf. Then the green-and-black sub will be taken on sea trials by her 100-man crew, skippered by young (37), Virginia-born Commander Richard B. Laning, a veteran of both carrier and submarine warfare in the Pacific. Like the Nautilus, the Seawolf should be able to speed at more than 25 knots under water, and to cruise thou sands of miles without refueling...
SECOND ATOMIC SUBMARINE, the U.S.S. Sea Wolf, will be launched in mid-July by General Dynamics. Faster than the Nautilus, the Sea Wolf will also have a different type energy reactor, cooled by sodium instead of water. The Navy has money and plans for two more atom-powered subs, expects Congress will approve three additional A-subs in the next budget...