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{{short description|Pressurised water reactor series}}
{{for|the Rolls-Royce small modular reactor design|Rolls-Royce SMR}}
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The [[Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations|Rolls-Royce]] [[Pressurised Water Reactor|pressurised water reactor (PWR)]] series has powered the [[Royal Navy|Royal Navy's]] [[nuclear submarine]]s since the {{Sclass|Valiant|submarine|4}}, commissioned in 1966.<ref name="Palmerslide">{{cite web |author1=Asst Chief Engineer - Astute Christopher Palmer |title=Management of Key Technologies in the UK Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme |url=https://fissilematerials.org/library/uk11.pdf |publisher=Rolls-Royce Submarines |access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref>
== Background ==
Nuclear reactor designs, operating methods and performance standards are highly classified.{{sfn|Ritchie|2015|p=3}}

The [[United Kingdom]]'s first nuclear-powered submarine {{HMS|Dreadnought|S101|6}}, commissioned in 1963, was powered by an American Westinghouse [[S5W reactor]], provided to Britain under the 1958 [[US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement|US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement]].<ref>{{cite report |url=https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/84697/1/2015_FAS_UK_NNPP_HEU_final2.pdf |title=The UK Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programme and Highly Enriched Uranium |last1=Ritchie |first1=Nick |date=February 2015 |location=Federation of American Scientists, Washington, D.C. |page=3 |access-date=19 September 2021 |institution=University of York, UK}}</ref><ref name="vanguardtotrident">''Vanguard to Trident; British Naval Policy since World War II'', Eric J. Grove, The Bodley Head, 1987, {{ISBN|0-370-31021-7}}</ref>

== PWR1 ==
[[File:HMS Valiant S102 01.jpg|thumb|250px|HMS ''Valiant'', the first British nuclear submarine to be powered by a British built reactor]]
The first British naval reactor was the PWR1. It was based on a [[nuclear reactor core|core]] and reactor assembly of purely British design. The reactor first went [[Critical mass|critical]] in 1965, four years later than planned.<ref name=daniels-2004>{{cite book |pages=135–136, 153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDeBCVj_PJQC |title=The End Of An Era: The Memoirs Of a Naval Constructor |first=R.J |last=Daniels |publisher=Periscope Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=1-904381-18-9 |accessdate=25 April 2017}}</ref> Technology transfers under the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement eventually made Rolls-Royce entirely self-sufficient in reactor design in exchange for a "considerable amount" of information regarding submarine design and quietening techniques being passed on to the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gardiner |first1=Robert |last2=Chumbley |first2=Stephen |last3=Budzbon |first3= Przemysław |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995 |date=1995 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Md |isbn=1557501327|page=529}}</ref><ref name="daniels-20042">{{cite book |last=Daniels |first=R.J |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDeBCVj_PJQC |title=The End Of An Era: The Memoirs Of a Naval Constructor |publisher=Periscope Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=1-904381-18-9 |pages=134 |access-date=25 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="JinksHennessy195">{{cite book |author1=James Jinks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=miP3BgAAQBAJ |title=The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 |author2=Peter Hennessy |date=29 October 2015 |publisher=Penguin UK |isbn=978-0-14-197370-8 |pages=195}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2021 |title=Nuclear-Powered Submarines |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/november/australia-and-nuclear-powered-submarines |website=US Naval Institute |quote=the British made important contributions to U.S. submarine design, such as the concept of rafting for silencing and initial types of pump-jets}}</ref>

The reactor fuel was [[highly enriched uranium]] (HEU) enriched to between 93% and 97%. Each nuclear core had a life of about 10 years, so had to be refueled about twice during the lifetime of a submarine.{{sfn|Ritchie|2015|pp=3-6}}<ref name="nirex-200307">{{cite book |last1=King |first1=S J |last2=Putte |first2=D Vande |title=Identification and Description of UK Radioactive Wastes and Materials Potentially Requiring Long-term Management |date=July 2003 |publisher=Didcot |location=UK Nirex Ltd |isbn=1840293306 |series=Nirex Report N/085 |url=https://tools.nda.gov.uk/publication/015-identification-and-description-of-uk-radioactive-waste-and-materials-potentially-requiring-long-term-management-2003/|pages=17–19 |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>

[[Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations]] at [[Derby]] was the centre for design and manufacture of the UK's submarine reactors, and remains so today. The [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]'s [[Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment|Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE)]], at [[Dounreay]], tested each reactor core design prior to its installation in nuclear submarines.

;Submarines
*Prototype
** [[Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment|Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE), Dounreay]]
*Core A<ref name="Palmerslide"/>
** [[Valiant-class submarine|''Valiant''-class SSN]]
***{{HMS|Valiant|S102|2}}
***{{HMS|Warspite|S103|2}}
** [[Resolution-class submarine|''Resolution''-class SSBN]]
***{{HMS|Resolution|S22|2}}
***{{HMS|Repulse|S23|2}}
***{{HMS|Renown|S26|2}}
***{{HMS|Revenge|S27|2}}
*Core B<ref name="Palmerslide"/>
** [[Churchill-class submarine|''Churchill''-class SSN]]
***{{HMS|Churchill|S46|2}}
***{{HMS|Conqueror|S48|2}}
***{{HMS|Courageous|S50|2}}
*Core Z<ref name="Palmerslide"/>
** [[Swiftsure-class submarine|''Swiftsure''-class SSN]]
***{{HMS|Swiftsure|S126|2}}
***{{HMS|Sovereign|S108|2}}
***{{HMS|Superb|S109|2}}
***{{HMS|Sceptre|S104|2}}
***{{HMS|Spartan|S105|2}}
***{{HMS|Splendid|S106|2}}
** [[Trafalgar-class submarine|''Trafalgar''-class SSN]]
***{{HMS|Trafalgar|S107|2}}
***{{HMS|Turbulent|S87|2}}
***{{HMS|Tireless|S88|2}}
***{{HMS|Torbay|S90|2}}
***{{HMS|Trenchant|S91|2}}
***{{HMS|Talent|S92|2}}
***{{HMS|Triumph|S93|2}}

== PWR2 ==
The PWR2 was developed for the {{Sclass|Vanguard|submarine|0}} [[Trident missile]] submarines and is a development of the PWR1. The first PWR2 reactor was completed in 1985 with testing beginning in August 1987 at the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment.

The reactor fuel is [[highly enriched uranium]] (HEU) enriched to between 93% and 97%. The latest PWR2 reactor core design is "Core H", which has a life of about 30 years removing the need for refueling, allowing a submarine to avoid two reactor refits in its service life.{{sfn|Ritchie|2015|pp=3-6}}<ref name=nirex-200307/> HMS ''Vanguard'' was fitted with the new core during its refit, followed by her three sister boats. The {{Sclass|Astute|submarine|2}}<nowiki/>s have this full-life core installed. As they were developed for [[Ballistic missile submarine|SSBN]]s, the reactors are considerably larger than those of then-current British [[hull classification symbol|fleet]] submarines. The diameter of then-forthcoming ''Astute''-class hulls was therefore increased to accommodate the PWR2.

A safety assessment of the PWR2 design by the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator in November 2009 was released under a [[Freedom of Information Act 2000|Freedom of Information]] request in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/10/royal-navy-nuclear-submarine-reactor-flaws |title=Flaws in nuclear submarine reactors could be fatal, secret report warns |author=Rob Edwards |date=10 March 2011 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=28 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="RegulatorFOI2009">{{cite book |last=McFarlane |first=Head of the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator Cdre Andrew |year=2009|title=Successor Submarine Project (Note by the Assistant Secretary)| publisher=Defence Board |series=(09)62 |chapter=Annex B: Successor SSBN - Safety Regulator's advice on the selection of the propulsion plant in support of the future deterrent (4 November 2009) DNSR/22/11/2|url=http://robedwards.typepad.com/files/declassified-report-to-mod-defence-board.pdf |id=Released under FOI|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref> The regulator identified two major areas where UK practice fell significantly short of comparable good practice: [[loss-of-coolant accident]] and control of submarine depth following emergency reactor shutdown.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Expert-warned-MoD-safety-Rolls-Royce-nuclear-sub-reactors/article-3319943-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918111356/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Expert-warned-MoD-safety-Rolls-Royce-nuclear-sub-reactors/article-3319943-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 September 2012 |title=Expert warned MoD on safety of Rolls-Royce nuclear sub reactors |author=Joseph Watts |publisher=Derby Telegraph |date=11 March 2011 |accessdate=28 March 2011 }}</ref><ref name="RegulatorFOI2009"/> The regulator concluded that PWR2 was "potentially vulnerable to a structural failure of the primary circuit", which was a failure mode with significant safety hazards to crew and the public.<ref name="RegulatorFOI2009"/><ref name=dm-20110518/>

In January 2012 radiation was detected in the [[Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment|PWR2 test reactor's]] coolant water, caused by a microscopic breach in fuel cladding. This discovery led to {{HMS|Vanguard|S28|6}} being refueled early and contingency measures being applied to other ''Vanguard''  and ''Astute''-class submarines, at a cost of £270 million. This was not revealed to the public until 2014.<ref name=bbc-20140306>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26463923 |title=Nuclear submarine to get new core after test reactor problem |publisher=BBC |date=6 March 2014 |accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=scotsman-20140308>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/mod-accused-of-dounreay-radiation-leak-cover-up-1-3331140 |title=MoD accused of Dounreay radiation leak cover-up |author=David Maddox |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=8 March 2014 |accessdate=8 March 2014}}</ref>

In February 2013, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded Rolls-Royce a £800 million ten year "foundation" contract to "deliver and maintain" the reactors of the ''Astute''-class and the ''Vanguard''-class replacement the Successor.<ref>{{cite press release |title=MOD awards £800 million submarine propulsion contract |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-awards-800-million-submarine-propulsion-contract |website=Ministry of Defence |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910193551/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-awards-800-million-submarine-propulsion-contract |archive-date=10 September 2015 |date=13 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Philip Dunne |title=Rolls-Royce Submarines (Foundation Contract) |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-02-13/debates/13021362000010/Rolls-RoyceSubmarines(FoundationContract) |website=UK Parliament |publisher=House of Commons |access-date=30 September 2021 |date=13 February 2013}}</ref> In February 2019, the MoD awarded Rolls-Royce a £235 million three year contract for Nuclear Propulsion Lifetime Management for the ''Trafalgar'', ''Vanguard'' and ''Astute'' classes.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Defence Secretary Announces £235 Million Submarine Nuclear Propulsion Deal |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-secretary-announces-235-million-submarine-nuclear-propulsion-deal |website=Ministry of Defence |access-date=30 September 2021 |date=25 February 2019}}</ref>

;Submarines
*Core H<ref name="Palmerslide"/>
** [[Vanguard-class submarine|''Vanguard''-class SSBN]]
***{{HMS|Vanguard|S28|2}}
***{{HMS|Victorious|S29|2}}
***{{HMS|Vigilant|S30|2}}
***{{HMS|Vengeance|S31|2}}
** [[Astute-class submarine|''Astute''-class SSN]]
***{{HMS|Astute|S119|2}}
***{{HMS|Ambush|S120|2}}
***{{HMS|Artful|S121|2}}
***{{HMS|Audacious|S122|2}}
***{{HMS|Anson|S123|2}}
***{{HMS|Agamemnon|S124|2}} (under construction)
***{{HMS|Agincourt|S125|2}} (under construction)

==PWR3==
Three propulsion options were considered for the replacement of the ''Vanguard''-class, the [[Dreadnought-class submarine|Successor]]: PWR2, PWR2b (derivative with improved performance) and PWR3.<ref name="initialgate">{{Cite report | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/27399/submarine_initial_gate.pdf | page=5 | title=The United Kingdom's Future Nuclear Deterrent: The Submarine Initial Gate Parliamentary Report | publisher=Ministry of Defence| date=May 2011 | accessdate=2013-10-12}}</ref> PWR3 was a new system "based on a US design but using UK reactor technology".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hollinshead |first1=Dr P |last2=MacKinder |first2=A P |year=2009|title=Successor Submarine Project (Note by the Assistant Secretary)| publisher=Defence Board |series=(09)62 |chapter=Annex A: Successor Submarine Project Review Note (24 November 2009)|url=http://robedwards.typepad.com/files/declassified-report-to-mod-defence-board.pdf |id=Released under FOI|access-date=29 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Safety paramount for RN nuclear submarine reactors |journal=Defence Codex: The Magazine for Defence Engineering and Science |date=Autumn 2011 |issue=9 |page=15 |url=http://www.science.mod.uk//codex//documents/codex_issue_9.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Defence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013011032/http://www.science.mod.uk//codex//documents/codex_issue_9.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Royal Institution of Naval Architects]] reported that it was likely that the UK was given access to the  [[United States Navy|US Navy]] [[S9G reactor]] design used in their [[Virginia-class submarine|''Virginia''-class]] submarines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Julian |title=Deep impact: inside the UK's new Successor-Class nuclear submarine |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/features/feature-nuclear-submarine-successor-uk-royal-navy/ |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=Naval Technology |date=29 July 2013}}</ref> The PWR3 was a simpler and safer design with a longer life and lower maintenance requirements than the PWR2 variants and cost roughly the same as the PWR2b.<ref name="initialgate" /> The PWR3 has 30% fewer parts compared to the PWR2.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nuclear – Engineering Excellence |url=https://www.rolls-royce.com/~/media/Files/R/Rolls-Royce/documents/investors/capital-markets-day/nuclear-excellence.pdf |website=Rolls-Royce |access-date=1 October 2021 |date=2016}}</ref>

In March 2011, Defence Secretary [[Liam Fox]] said the PWR3 was the preferred option "because those reactors give us a better safety outlook".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/23/navy-submarines-nuclear-reactors |title=Navy to axe 'Fukushima type' nuclear reactors from submarines |author=Severin Carrell |work=The Guardian |date=23 March 2011 |accessdate=28 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Trident Replacement Programme |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-03-14/debates/11031411000021/TridentReplacementProgramme |website=UK Parliament |publisher=House of Commons |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=14 March 2011}}</ref> In May 2011, the Ministry of Defence announced that PWR3 had been selected for the Successor (later named the ''Dreadnought''-class in 2016).<ref name="initialgate"/><ref name=dm-20110518>{{Cite news |url=http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=16337 |title=PWR3 Reactor chosen for Trident |publisher=defencemanagement.com |date=18 May 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722100732/http://www.defencemanagement.com/news_story.asp?id=16337 |archivedate=22 July 2011}}</ref> The PWR3 cost about £50 million more per boat to purchase and operate compared to PWR2 designs. This is offset by the PWR3's longer life over the 25-year life PWR2 designs.<ref name="initialgate" /> The PWR3 does not require reactor core prototype tests; instead computational modelling is used.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Grimes |first1=Professor Robin |last2=Ion |first2=Professor Dame Sue |last3=Sherry |first3=Professor Andrew |title=Royal Navy Nuclear Reactor Test Facility Review |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/658328/2016-03111.pdf |id=Released under FOI|access-date=29 September 2021 |date=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Submarine reactor testing to end at Vulcan |journal=Desider: The Magazine for Defence Equipment and Support  |date=December 2011 |issue=43 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |page=10 |url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BC92C2AF-B013-4BB5-BE18-460DD307238D/0/desider_43_December2011.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206063649/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BC92C2AF-B013-4BB5-BE18-460DD307238D/0/desider_43_December2011.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Consequently, the Shore Test Facility (STF) reactor located at Vulcan NRTE was shut down in 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |author1=Ministry of Defence |title=Shutdown of shore test facility reactor |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/shutdown-of-shore-test-facility-reactor |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=22 July 2015}}</ref>

In June 2012, the MoD awarded Rolls-Royce a £600 million contract to produce reactors for the ''Dreadnought''-class and also for the final boat of the ''Astute''-class [[HMS Agincourt (S125)|HMS ''Agincourt'']].<ref name="June12">{{cite press release |title=Royal Navy submarine contract awarded |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/RoyalNavySubmarineContractAwarded.htm |website=Ministry of Defence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619173508/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/RoyalNavySubmarineContractAwarded.htm |archive-date=19 June 2012 |date=18 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The MoD also awarded Rolls-Royce a further £500 million to refurbish their Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations reactor core manufacturing plant at Derby to manufacture the PWR3 and to extend the plant's operational life to 2056.<ref name="June12"/><ref name="NAO">{{cite book |author1=National Audit Office. |title=Ministry of Defence : Managing infrastructure projects on nuclear-regulated sites |url=https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Managing-infrastructure-projects-on-nuclear-regulated-sites.pdf |series=House of Commons papers, session 2019/20, HC 19 |isbn=9781786042934 |pages=4, 36, 53–54 |access-date=1 October 2021 |date=10 January 2020}}</ref> In January 2020, the [[National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office]] reported that the construction of the plant was five years behind schedule and was now forecast to be in service in 2026.<ref name="NAO"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chuter |first1=Andrew |title=Three British nuclear programs are $1.67 billion over budget |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2020/05/12/three-british-nuclear-programs-are-167-billion-over-budget/ |access-date=1 October 2021 |work=DefenseNews |date=13 May 2020}}</ref>

;Submarines
*[[Dreadnought-class submarine|''Dreadnought''-class SSBN]]<ref name="June12"/>
**HMS ''Dreadnought'' (under construction)
**HMS ''Valiant'' (under construction)
**HMS ''Warspite'' (under construction)
**HMS ''King George VI'' (on order)

== Future ==
Rolls Royce is building the reactor for [[SSN-AUKUS]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allison |first=George |date=2023-06-14 |title=Rolls-Royce Expands for Aussie submarine reactor needs |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/rolls-royce-expands-for-aussie-submarine-reactor-needs/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref> which may be the PWR3, or a derivative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Richard |date=2023-03-14 |title=The evolution of the UK's SSNR into the SSN-AUKUS |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/features/the-evolution-of-the-uks-ssnr-into-the-ssn-aukus/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Naval Technology |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AUKUS plan details: a triumph of hope over experience |url=https://www.nuclearinfo.org/comment/2023/03/aukus-plan-a-triumph-of-hope-over-experience/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Nuclear Information Service |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Allied technological cooperation during World War II]]
*[[AUKUS]]
* [[List of commercial nuclear reactors]]
* [[List of United States Naval reactors]]
* [[Nuclear marine propulsion]]
*[[Soviet naval reactors]]
*[[Tizard Mission]]
*[[United States naval reactors]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite thesis |type=PhD|last1=Jones |first1=Gareth |title=The Development of Nuclear Propulsion in the Royal Navy, 1946-1975|url=https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10026.1/15110/2019JONES10476957PhD.pdf |access-date=29 September 2021 |publisher=University of Plymouth|ref={{SfnRef|Gareth|2019}}|date=September 2019}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rolls-royce.com/marine/products/submarine_equipment/nuclear/ Rolls-Royce Marine Products - Nuclear Plant]

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