Download or read book The First Refueling of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station written by Herbert Feinroth and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Second Refueling of Core I of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station written by C. E. Center and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shippingport Operations written by Duquesne Light Company and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shippingport Atomic Power Station written by J. T. Stiefel and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shippingport Atomic Power Station Operating Experience Developments and Future Plans written by P. A. Fleger and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shippingport Operations written by Duquesne Light Company and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Description of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essential History of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station 1957 First Large Scale Nuclear Power Plant in America Work of Admiral Rickover Pressurized Water Reactor Historic American Engineering written by Department of Energy (DOE) and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-09 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. It provides an authoritative history of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, which became operational in December 1957. This historic facility was the first large-scale central station nuclear power plant in the United States and the first plant of such size in the world operated solely to produce electric power; it was the first to have training classes for operators and supervisors; it was the first to use a water-cooled breeder core for a power plant. At 4:30 a.m. on December 2, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station reached criticality, becoming the Nation's first large-scale central station nuclear power plant to attain a chain reaction. In Chicago, fifteen years earlier to the day, the Italian-born Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi had achieved the world's first self-sustained chain reaction, an event which is often accepted as the beginning of the nuclear age. Fermi and his associates had reached their goal by using a simple assembly of graphite, uranium metal, uranium oxide, and wood. The Chicago Pile was an experiment designed to prove the correctness of theoretical physics. Fermi and his team knew it would produce no useful power. In contrast, the Shippingport reactor was a complicated piece of machinery, generating large amounts of heat, requiring an elaborate cooling system, depending upon materials which only fifteen years earlier had been laboratory curiosities, and relying upon sophisticated components and instruments which did not exist when Fermi conducted his experiment. The purpose of this plant was to demonstrate the feasibility of producing useful energy from the atom for civilian application and to advance civilian power reactor technology. From conception through almost all of its operating life, Shippingport was the responsibility of Admiral H. G. Rickover, The Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, often supported by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, made technical recommendations but he and his organization made the key decisions. He carried his responsibilities, however, far beyond the realm of technology. To him the purpose of Shippingport was much more than the demonstration of the engineering feasibility of using atomic power for commercial application: the station was to establish standards for training personnel and to apply procedures for safe operation. These were to set an example for industry.
Download or read book Shippingport Operations from Power Operation After First Refueling to Second Refueling May 6 1960 to August 16 1961 written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report of Shippingport operation during Seed 2 lifetime is presented. The information is primarily confined to the nuclear portion of the operation. A general review of station performance is given along with details of reactor physics, reactor thermal and hydraulic performance, reactor plant performance and modifications, operational chemistry, and radioactive contamination experience. (J.R.D.).
Download or read book Shippingport Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shippingport Atomic Power Station Quarterly Operating Report First Quarter 1979 written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the first quarter of 1979, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station was operating with the 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D reactor coolant loops and the 1AC and 1BD purification loops in service. The remainder of the expended PWR Core 2 was in storage under shielding water in the deep pit of the Fuel Handling Building. The 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D 991 psig self-actuated steam relief valves remained gagged during the quarter to prevent leakage through the valve seats. Gagging of redundant relief valves is permitted by ASME Code and approved operating procedures. During the quarter, the Station was operated for Duquesne Light Company system grid including base load and swing load operation. Seven (7) swing load operations were performed on the LWBR Core this quarter to complete the LWBR operating plan of fifty (50) during this operating phase. The LWBR Core has generated 10,771.43 EFPH from startup through the end of the quarter. The generator load factor this quarter was 85%.
Download or read book Shippingport Atomic Power Station Quarterly Operating Report Third Quarter 1979 written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the third quarter of 1979, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station remained shutdown to complete repairs of the turbine generator hydrogen circulation fan following discovery of a rubbing noise on May 24, 1979. The Station was in a cooldown condition at approximately 180/sup 0/F and 300 psig with a steam bubble in the pressurizer and the reactor coolant pumps in slow speed. The reactor plant cooldown heat exchanger was in service to maintain coolant temperature. The 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D reactor coolant loops and the 1AC and 1BD purification loops remained in service. All expended PWR Core 2 fuel elements have previously been shipped off-site. The remaining irradiated PWR Core 2 core barrel and miscellaneous refueling tools were in storage under shielding water in the deep pit of the Fuel Handling Building. The LWBR Core has generated 12,111.00 EFPH from startup through the end of the quarter.
Download or read book Shippingport written by Franciscus Duncan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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