DETERMINATION OF THE PURIFICATION RATE FOR NORMAL OPERATION. NUCLEAR MERCHANT SHIP REACTOR

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1958

OSTI ID:4238450

The purification flow rate recommended for the NMSR primary loop water is 9830 lb/hr for normal operation. This flow rate is equivalent to 25 gpm at the loop's average operating conditions (508 deg F and 1750 psia) and 19.8 gpm at the demineralizers operating conditions (110 deg F and 50 psia). The flow rate is expected to maintain the radiation level resulting from corrosion product activities and other impurity activities, excluding fission products, which are dissolved and suspended in the water at less than 200 mr/hr near the main primary piping wall 30 minutes after normal reactor shut-down, and maintain the corrosion product impurity level in the primary water at less than 1.0 ppm as Fe/sub 3/O/ sub 4/. (auth)

• Research Organization: Babcock and Wilcox Co. Atomic Energy Div., Lynchburg, Va.
• NSA Number: NSA-13-015759
• OSTI ID: 4238450
• Report Number(s): BAW-1015(Rev.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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