Icebreaker Propulsion Systems Feasibility Study. Volume II. Nuclear Propulsion System.

• Other Authors: NUS CORP ROCKVILLE MD
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Marine Engineering; Nuclear Propulsion; *MARINE SURFACE PROPULSION); (*ICEBREAKERS; (*MARINE NUCLEAR PROPULSION; ICEBREAKERS); REACTOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION HAZARDS; STEAM TURBINES; SHIP TURBINES; STEAM POWER PLANTS; BOILERS; INSTALLATION; COSTS; MAINTENANCE; SHIP AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION; SHIP STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS; NUCLEAR POWERED SHIPS; REACTOR SAFETY SYSTEMS; REACTOR CONTROL; REACTOR MATERIALS; CONTAINMENT(NUCLEAR REACTORS); SODIUM THIOSULFATE; SODIUM IODIDE; Icebreaker
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0845442; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0845442

Contents: Introduction--Performance criteria, Bases for selection of reference design; Reactor Plant Description--Primary system, Auxiliary systems, Reactor plant control and instrumentation, Reactor safety system, Operational considerations, Reactor plant equipment list; Propulsion Plant Description--General arrangement, Steam plant, Propulsion electric plant, Ships service electric plant, Emergency propulsion, Propulsion plant control, Machinery list; Safety--Containment, Reactor compartment, Shielding, Containment inerting, Post-incident cooling system, Collision protection, Safety analysis; Cost Analysis--Capital costs, Nuclear fuel cycle costs, Operating costs, Non-repetitive and program costs, Multi-ship procurement costs, Total costs; Nuclear Propulsion Plant Design Criteria; Installation Cost Estimates for 15,000 - 75,000 SHP Plants in Proposed Coast Guard Vessels. Prepared in cooperation with Hydronautics, Inc., Laurel, Md. See also Volume 5, AD-845 443L.