Published January 1979 | Version v1
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Design of the Shippingport Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR development program)

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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

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A06/MF A01.

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Imprint Pagination
113 p.
Report number
WAPD-TM--1208

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
10473952
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Descriptors DEI
CONTROL ELEMENTS; CONTROL ROD DRIVES; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; LWBR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR CORES; SHIPPINGPORT REACTOR; SPECIFICATIONS
Descriptors DEC
BREEDER REACTORS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; PWR TYPE REACTORS; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS