NUCLEAR MERCHANT SHIP REACTOR PROJECT EXTENDED ZERO POWER TESTS, NS SAVANNAH CORE 1. FINAL REPORT. VOLUME 1

Experiments were performed on the N.S. Savannah Service Core 1 to supply information on future shipboard operation of the Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor. Testing of instrumentation equipment shipped to The Babcock and Wilcox Company from New York Shipbuilding Corporation was satisfactory. Correction factors for shipboard use were determined. Fast neutron flux, neutron flux distribution, and stuck control rod studies were carried out successfully, as was a three-dimensional calculation (TKO) to match two critical rod patterns.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is available for review at the Department of Commerce Library, Main Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., under reference number BAW-1203-(Final Rept.)-Vol. 1.
• Corporate Authors:

  Babcock and Wilcox Company

  Atomic Energy Division
  Lynchburg, VA  United States  24504
• Authors:
  • Ball, R M
  • Barksdale, C E
  • Batch, M L
  • Cure, J W
  • Kubik, R N
  • Lewis, R H
  • MacKinney, A L
  • Mortenson, J H
  • Pitts, T G
  • Spetz, S W
  • Worsham, H J
  • Ross, D A
  • Farrar, J P
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00027610
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: 101 Fig 20 Tab 1 Phot
• Contract Numbers: AT(30-1)-2534
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 9 1973 12:00AM