NUCLEAR MERCHANT SHIP REACTOR DETERMINATION OF THE PURIFICATION RATE FOR NORMAL OPERATION

The purification flow rate recommended for the NMSR primary loop water is 9830 lb/hr for normal operation. This flow rate is equivalent to 25 gpm at the loop's average operating conditions (508 F and 1750 psia) and 19.8 gpm at the demineralizers operating conditions (110 F and 50 psia). The flow rate is expected to: 1. maintain the radiation level resulting from corrosion product activities and other impurity activities, excluding fission products, which are dissolved and suspended in the water at less than 200 mr/hr near the main primary piping wall 30 minutes after normal reactor shut-down, and 2. maintain the corrosion product impurity level in the primary water at less than 1.0 ppm as FE(sub 3)O(sub 4).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is available for review at the Department of Commerce Library, Main Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., under reference number BAW-1015 (Revised).
• Corporate Authors:

  Babcock and Wilcox Company

  Atomic Energy Division
  Lynchburg, VA  United States  24504
• Publication Date: 1958-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Design; Nuclear reactor coolants; Nuclear reactors; Radiation monitoring; Spent reactor fuels
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuclear reactor design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026069
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Contract Numbers: AT(30-4)-274
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 2 1974 12:00AM