Modular shipbuilding and its relevance to construction of nuclear power plants. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6892557

Seubert, T W

The modern techniques of modular shipbuilding based on the Product Work Breakdown Structure as developed at the Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of Japan are examined and compared to conventional shipbuilding methods. The application of the Product Work Breakdown Structure in the building of the U.S. Navy's DDG-51 class ship at Bath Iron Works is described and compared to Japanese shipbuilding practices. Implementation of the Product Work Breakdown Structure at Avondale Shipyards, Incorporated is discussed and compared to Bath Iron Works shipbuilding practices. A proposed generic implementation of the Product Work Breakdown Structure to the modular construction of nuclear power plants is described. Specific conclusions for the application of Product Work Breakdown Structure to the construction of a light water reactor nuclear power plant are discussed.

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
• OSTI ID: 6892557
• Report Number(s): AD-A-197387/4/XAB
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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JAPAN
ASIA
INDUSTRY
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
POWER PLANTS
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Light-Water Moderated
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