Defueled Cruiser Reactor Compartments

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These sixteen encased reactor compartments represent the standard twinned pairs of General Electric D2G Nuclear Reactors of the following former US Navy Guided Missile Cruisers, all of which have been scrapped at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard's Ship/Submarine Recycling Program (SRP):

USS Bainbridge (CGN/DLGN-25)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1125/040125.htm
USS Truxtun (CGN/DLGN-35)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1125/040135.htm
USS California (CGN/DLGN-36)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1136/040136.htm
USS South Carolina (CGN/DLGN-37)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1136/040137.htm
USS Virginia (CGN-38)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1136/040138.htm
USS Texas (CGN-39)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1136/040139.htm
USS Mississippi (CGN-40)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1136/040140.htm
USS Arkansas (CGN-41)
www.navsource.org/archives/04/1136/040141.htm

Further info on the GE D2G Reactor:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D2G_reactor
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSSRP
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Coordinates:   46°33'56"N   119°31'11"W
This article was last modified 12 years ago