22,000 SHP MARINE BOILING WATER REACTOR POWER PLANT FOR COMMERCIAL TANKER. CREW TRAINING PROGRAM AND PRELIMINARY OPERATING PROCEDURES

A crew training program and preliminary operating procedures are presented for a 22,000 shaft horsepower marine boiling water reactor power plant of a commercial tanker. Recommendations for the crew training program are offered, and the San Jose training course is described. Preliminary operating procedures comprise the bulk of the report, dealing with: startup operation with port facility electrical power, with diesel generator power, and with the reactor at pressure and standby T-G set carrying the electrical load; normal operation at power; in-port operation; emergency cooling operation; and reactor plant shutdown.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is available for review at the Department of Commerce Library, Main Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., under reference number G-4-TWO.
• Corporate Authors:

  General Electric

  Marine Turbine & Gear Engineer, 1100 Western Ave
  Lynn, MA  United States  01910
• Authors:
  • Weinzimmer, F
• Publication Date: 1958-8-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 35 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crew size; Design; Nuclear powered ships; Nuclear reactors; Ship operations; Tankers; Training programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuclear reactor design; Tanker operations
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026120
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Contract Numbers: AT(04-3)-196
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 13 1973 12:00AM