Shippingport reactor pressure vessel safety analysis report for packaging

Journal Article · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:426578

Ferrell, P C ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, was constructed in the mid-1950s to demonstrate pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology and to generate electric power. The station was operated for >25 yr by Duquesne Light Company, under contract to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Naval Reactors in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In later years, experimentation was performed at the facility regarding light water breeder reactor (LWBR) technology. A total of three separate reactor cores were operated at the facility (two PWR and one LWBR). The Shippingport reactor reached the end of its design life and was turned over for decommissioning in 1984. Prior to the start of decommissioning, all fuel was removed and shipped off site. The integral reactor pressure vessel/neutron shield tank (RPV/NST) was then filled with a lightweight concrete material. The filled RPV/NST was removed as a unit and transported to the DOE Hanford reservation in Richland, Washington, for interment.

• OSTI ID: 426578
• Report Number(s): CONF-961103--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 75; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
42 ENGINEERING
MARITIME TRANSPORT
PRESSURE VESSELS
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
SAFETY ANALYSIS
SHIELDS
SHIPPINGPORT REACTOR