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Originally Posted by jmr
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Submarines is an awesome source of info for these kinds of discussions but sadly the book is no longer in print and copies of it on Amazon range from $450 ~ $800! You should be able to check out a copy through an inter library loan.
With regards to reactor coolant pumps, the author says the pumps are car-sized and are quiet in slow speed but loud as freight trains in fast speed.
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I would say more of a refrigerator in size.
As for the noise, I would say that is a little bit of an fudging on their part. They are a little quieter than that.
That book, from the parts that I have read, is a LOT more then an idiots giude. I'll bet it NEVER sees a printing again. It should have been classified NOFORN at the very least.