Shippingport operations with the Light Water Breeder Reactor core. (LWBR Development Program)

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5914091· OSTI ID:5914091

Budd, W A ^[1]

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This report describes the operation of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station during the LWBR (Light Water Breeder Reactor) Core lifetime. It also summarizes the plant-oriented operations during the period preceding LWBR startup, which include the defueling of The Pressurized Water Reactor Core 2 (PWR-2) and the installation of the LWBR Core, and the operations associated with the defueling of LWBR. The intent of this report is to examine LWBR experience in retrospect and present pertinent and significant aspects of LWBR operations that relate primarily to the nuclear portion of the Station. The nonnuclear portion of the Station is discussed only as it relates to overall plant operation or to unusual problems which result from the use of conventional equipment in radioactive environments. 30 refs., 69 figs., 27 tabs.

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Lab. (BAPL), West Mifflin, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-76PN00014
• OSTI ID: 5914091
• Report Number(s): WAPD-TM-1542; ON: DE86009272; TRN: 86-012727
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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