Design of the Shippingport Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR development program)

Technical Report · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6449184

Connors, D R; Milani, S; Fest, J A; Atherton, R ^[1]

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A Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) core has been developed, designed, fabricated and installed and is currently operating in the pressurized water reactor plant of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station at Shippingport, Pennsylvania. The goal of the LWBR program is to confirm that breeding can be achieved in a light water reactor system using the thorium/uranium-233 fuel system. The Shippingport LWBR design and operation are described. Design objectives are stated and nuclear, thermal-hydraulic, mechanical and fuel element designs are provided. Major components have been illustrated.

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-11-0014
• OSTI ID: 6449184
• Report Number(s): WAPD-TM-1208
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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