Design of the Argonne Low Power Reactor (ALPR) /

• Main Authors: Hamer, Eberhard E., editor., Argonne National Laboratory.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Argonne, Ill. : Argonne National Laboratory, Reactor Engineering Division 1961
• Subjects: Shielding (Radiation); Remote handling (Radioactive substances); Nuclear reactors; Nuclear pressure vessels; Nuclear fuel elements; Heat exchangers; Arctic; Hooker
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d038016430

A description is given of the design of a prototype "packaged" nuclear power plant. The purpose of the plant is to alleviate fuel oil logistics and storage problems posed by remote auxiliary DEW Line radar stations north of the Arctic Circle. The ALPR (redesignated SL-1) is a 3 Mwt, hetero...