EFFECT OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DESIGN

A nuclear reactor plant intended for marine service must be designed to accommodate the unique features of that Environment. The items considered unique to a maritime reactor include the following: 1) Ship motions of roll, pitch, heave, sway, yaw, and surge. 2) Vibration of ship's hull. 3) Design for protection against ship accidents. 4) Lack of offsite electrical power. 5) Concept of "ship's safety" versus "reactor safety." Design problems relating to these and solutions to or programs to provide solutions are presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper from the proceedings of the 1975 IEEE Conference on Engineering in the Ocean Environment.
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• Authors:
  • Connell, C W
• Conference:
  • Paper from the proceedings of the 1975 IEEE Conference on Engineering in the Ocean Environment.
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 625-628

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Nuclear power; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear reactors; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Nuclear reactor design; Nuclear reactor safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128647
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM