ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTING THE HALLAM NUCLEAR POWER FACILITY REACTOR STRUCTURE

Technical Report · Thu Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 1960

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4765176· OSTI ID:4765176

Mahlmeister, J E; Haberer, W V; Casey, D F; Susnir, J; Ricci, T; Peck, W S

The Hallam Nuclear Power Facility reactor structure, including the cavity liner, is described, and the design philosophy and special design requirements which were developed during the preliminary and final engineering phases of the project are explained. The structure was designed for 600 deg F inlet and 1000 deg F outlet operating sodium temperatures and fabricated of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels. Support for the reactor core components and adequate containment for biological safeguards were readily provided even though quite conservative design philosophy was used. The calculated operating characteristics, including heat generation, temperature distributions and stress levels for full-power operation, are summarized. Ship fabrication and field installation experiences are also briefly related. Results of this project have established that the sodium graphite reactor permits practical and economical fabrication and field erection procedures; considerably higher operating design temperatures are believed possible without radical design changes. Also, larger reactor structures can be similarly constructed for higher capacity (300 to 1000 Mwe) nuclear power plants. (auth)

• Research Organization: Atomics International. Div. of North American Aviation Inc., Canoga Park, Calif.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(11-1)-GEN-8
• NSA Number: NSA-16-031260
• OSTI ID: 4765176
• Report Number(s): NAA-SR-7366
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CONFINEMENT
COOLANT LOOPS
DISTRIBUTION
ECONOMICS
EQUATIONS
FABRICATION
FLUID FLOW
GRAPHITE MODERATOR
HEATING
HIGH TEMPERATURE
LIQUID METAL COOLANT
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
PLANNING
POWER
POWER PLANTS
RADIATION PROTECTION
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
REACTORS
STAINLESS STEELS
TEMPERATURE
THERMAL STRESSES