K3 Leninsky Komsomol Update (Pictures)

[McBeck]

Originally Posted by Kapitan

OK650B by Blair Shaw, on Flickr

This is a Russian OK650-B which is the mainstay reactor for most of the Russian fleet powers everything from the Typhoon and Oscars down to Victor's and Akula's currently being phased out with the new build submarines like Borei and Yasen moving to more advanced pressurised water reactors.

What coolant is used for this one? I seem to remember the Akula (Pike) had a liquid metal coolant...