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Title:
Pressurized Water Reactor, Shippingport, PA.
Subject Terms:
AEC Division of Construction
Document Location:
Office of Management, Office of History and Heritage Resources, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585
Document Categories:
General, Miscellaneous, Administrative, Historical, and Multi-Disciplined Progress Reports\General
Document Type:
PHOTO
Publication Date:
1955 Sep 19
Document Pages:
2
Accession Number:
AECDC-B05F49P036
Document Number(s):
1
Originating Research Org.:
Westinghouse Electric Corp. Atomic Power Div., Pittsburgh
OpenNet Entry Date:
2019 May 29
OpenNet Modified Date:
2019 May 29
Description/Abstract:
Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Project; Aerial view of the reactor portion of the PWR Power Plant from an easterly direction. Left center shows cast pit forms, reinforcing steel dowels for the fuel pit and wall forms for the core pit being erected for the fuel handling facilities. Center background shows concrete being poured for the completion of the west boiler container mat. Center foreground shows reinforced steel being placed prior to pouring of concrete for mat of east boiler container. Completed mat for the auxiliary vapor chamber is shown in center.