Author: Reuel F. Stratton
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Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Development of Shippingport Atomic Power Station Operating Procedures
Author: Reuel F. Stratton
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Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Shippingport Atomic Power Station Operating Experience, Developments, and Future Plans
Author: P. A. Fleger
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Category : Materials testing reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Category : Materials testing reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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The First Refueling of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station
Author: Herbert Feinroth
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Category : Nuclear reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Category : Nuclear reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Shippingport Atomic Power Station
Author: J. T. Stiefel
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Category : Materials testing reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Category : Materials testing reactors
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Shippingport Atomic Power Station
Author: C. F. Jones
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Essential History of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station - 1957 First Large-Scale Nuclear Power Plant in America, Work of Admiral Rickover, Pressurized Water Reactor, Historic American Engineering
Author: Department of Energy (DOE)
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ISBN: 9781521027462
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Languages : en
Pages : 81
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This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. It provides an authoritative history of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, which became operational in December 1957. This historic facility was the first large-scale central station nuclear power plant in the United States and the first plant of such size in the world operated solely to produce electric power; it was the first to have training classes for operators and supervisors; it was the first to use a water-cooled breeder core for a power plant. At 4:30 a.m. on December 2, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station reached criticality, becoming the Nation's first large-scale central station nuclear power plant to attain a chain reaction. In Chicago, fifteen years earlier to the day, the Italian-born Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi had achieved the world's first self-sustained chain reaction, an event which is often accepted as the beginning of the nuclear age. Fermi and his associates had reached their goal by using a simple assembly of graphite, uranium metal, uranium oxide, and wood. The Chicago Pile was an experiment designed to prove the correctness of theoretical physics. Fermi and his team knew it would produce no useful power. In contrast, the Shippingport reactor was a complicated piece of machinery, generating large amounts of heat, requiring an elaborate cooling system, depending upon materials which only fifteen years earlier had been laboratory curiosities, and relying upon sophisticated components and instruments which did not exist when Fermi conducted his experiment. The purpose of this plant was to demonstrate the feasibility of producing useful energy from the atom for civilian application and to advance civilian power reactor technology. From conception through almost all of its operating life, Shippingport was the responsibility of Admiral H. G. Rickover, The Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, often supported by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, made technical recommendations but he and his organization made the key decisions. He carried his responsibilities, however, far beyond the realm of technology. To him the purpose of Shippingport was much more than the demonstration of the engineering feasibility of using atomic power for commercial application: the station was to establish standards for training personnel and to apply procedures for safe operation. These were to set an example for industry.
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ISBN: 9781521027462
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Languages : en
Pages : 81
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This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. It provides an authoritative history of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, which became operational in December 1957. This historic facility was the first large-scale central station nuclear power plant in the United States and the first plant of such size in the world operated solely to produce electric power; it was the first to have training classes for operators and supervisors; it was the first to use a water-cooled breeder core for a power plant. At 4:30 a.m. on December 2, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station reached criticality, becoming the Nation's first large-scale central station nuclear power plant to attain a chain reaction. In Chicago, fifteen years earlier to the day, the Italian-born Nobel laureate Enrico Fermi had achieved the world's first self-sustained chain reaction, an event which is often accepted as the beginning of the nuclear age. Fermi and his associates had reached their goal by using a simple assembly of graphite, uranium metal, uranium oxide, and wood. The Chicago Pile was an experiment designed to prove the correctness of theoretical physics. Fermi and his team knew it would produce no useful power. In contrast, the Shippingport reactor was a complicated piece of machinery, generating large amounts of heat, requiring an elaborate cooling system, depending upon materials which only fifteen years earlier had been laboratory curiosities, and relying upon sophisticated components and instruments which did not exist when Fermi conducted his experiment. The purpose of this plant was to demonstrate the feasibility of producing useful energy from the atom for civilian application and to advance civilian power reactor technology. From conception through almost all of its operating life, Shippingport was the responsibility of Admiral H. G. Rickover, The Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, often supported by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, made technical recommendations but he and his organization made the key decisions. He carried his responsibilities, however, far beyond the realm of technology. To him the purpose of Shippingport was much more than the demonstration of the engineering feasibility of using atomic power for commercial application: the station was to establish standards for training personnel and to apply procedures for safe operation. These were to set an example for industry.
(Shippingport Atomic Power Station). Quarterly Operating Report, First Quarter 1979
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At the beginning of the first quarter of 1979, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station was operating with the 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D reactor coolant loops and the 1AC and 1BD purification loops in service. The remainder of the expended PWR Core 2 was in storage under shielding water in the deep pit of the Fuel Handling Building. The 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D 991 psig self-actuated steam relief valves remained gagged during the quarter to prevent leakage through the valve seats. Gagging of redundant relief valves is permitted by ASME Code and approved operating procedures. During the quarter, the Station was operated for Duquesne Light Company system grid including base load and swing load operation. Seven (7) swing load operations were performed on the LWBR Core this quarter to complete the LWBR operating plan of fifty (50) during this operating phase. The LWBR Core has generated 10,771.43 EFPH from startup through the end of the quarter. The generator load factor this quarter was 85%.
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At the beginning of the first quarter of 1979, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station was operating with the 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D reactor coolant loops and the 1AC and 1BD purification loops in service. The remainder of the expended PWR Core 2 was in storage under shielding water in the deep pit of the Fuel Handling Building. The 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D 991 psig self-actuated steam relief valves remained gagged during the quarter to prevent leakage through the valve seats. Gagging of redundant relief valves is permitted by ASME Code and approved operating procedures. During the quarter, the Station was operated for Duquesne Light Company system grid including base load and swing load operation. Seven (7) swing load operations were performed on the LWBR Core this quarter to complete the LWBR operating plan of fifty (50) during this operating phase. The LWBR Core has generated 10,771.43 EFPH from startup through the end of the quarter. The generator load factor this quarter was 85%.
Shippingport Atomic Power Station Operating Experience, Developments, and Future Plans
Author: Fleger, P. A.
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Languages : en
Pages : 33
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Pages : 33
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Establishment of Criteria for the Unconditional Release of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station Site
Author: K. J. Eger
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Category : Nuclear power plants
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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Category : Nuclear power plants
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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(Shippingport Atomic Power Station). Quarterly Operating Report, First Quarter 1980
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At the beginning of the first quarter of 1980, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station was operating with the 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D reactor coolant loops and the 1AC and 1BD purification loops in service. During the quarter, the Station was operated for the Duquesne Light Company System in the base mode operation. No swing load operations were conducted this quarter; however, several 15% reactor power cycles were performed for training. The LWBR core has generated 15,129.91 EFPH from startup through the end of the quarter.
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At the beginning of the first quarter of 1980, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station was operating with the 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D reactor coolant loops and the 1AC and 1BD purification loops in service. During the quarter, the Station was operated for the Duquesne Light Company System in the base mode operation. No swing load operations were conducted this quarter; however, several 15% reactor power cycles were performed for training. The LWBR core has generated 15,129.91 EFPH from startup through the end of the quarter.