NUCLEAR MERCHANT SHIP REACTOR ZERO POWER TEST CORE 1

Test results are reported for N.S. Savannah Core 1 reactor, normal and conjugate, giving data on excess reactivity, control rod holddown, initial critical conditions, shipboard leading guide, temperature effects on reactivity, and four flux distributions. Some of the results are: (1) excess reactivity for Core 1, Normal $14.6; (2) control rod holddown for Core 1, Normal $17.5; (3) Core 1, Conjugate, is subcritical with all rods in; and (4) the water temperature effect on reactivity is negative between 16 and 51 C. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is available for review at the Department of Commerce Library, Main Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., under reference number BAW-1202.
• Corporate Authors:

  Babcock and Wilcox Company

  Atomic Energy Division
  Lynchburg, VA  United States  24504
• Authors:
  • Ball, R M
  • MacKinney, A L
• Publication Date: 1960-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 137 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Equipment tests; Nuclear powered ships; Nuclear reactor cores; Nuclear reactors
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuclear reactor control systems; Nuclear reactor testing
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026289
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: BAW-1202
• Contract Numbers: AT(30-3)-274
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 13 1973 12:00AM