20,000 SHP NUCLEAR TANKER, FINAL REPORT, VOLUME 2

This volume is comprised of two sections. The first discusses the system control and instrumentation needed to provide for various propulsion and operation modes of a nuclear reactor and power plant for an oil tanker. The second section of the volume presents a nuclear analysis containing the results of a parametric study covering criticality, neutron-flux distribution, core size, and fuel element configuration.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is available for review at the Department of Commerce Library, Main Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., under reference number FICO-102-Vol-2. See also MRIS #026025, Vol 1.
• Corporate Authors:

  Sperry Rand Corporation

  Ford Instrument Division, 31-10 Thomson Avenue
  Long Island City, NY  United States 
• Publication Date: 1957-4-22

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 151 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Nuclear power plants; Nuclear powered ships; Nuclear reactor coolants
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026026
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: AT(30-3)-250
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 6 1974 12:00AM