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Installation of the Light-Water Breeder Reactor at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station (LWBR Development Program)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6017550· OSTI ID:6017550
This report summarizes the refueling operations performed to install a Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) core into the existing pressurized water reactor vessel at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. Detailed descriptions of the major installation operations (e.g., primary system preconditioning, fuel installation, pressure boundary seal welding) are included as appendices to this report; these operations are of technical interest to any reactor servicing operation, whether the reactor is a breeder or a conventional light water non-breeder core.
Research Organization:
Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC11-76PN00014
OSTI ID:
6017550
Report Number(s):
WAPD-TM-1342; ON: DE83013696
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English