Installation of the Light-Water Breeder Reactor at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station

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This report summarizes the refueling operations performed to install a Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) core into the existing pressurized water reactor vessel at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. Detailed descriptions of the major installation operations (e.g., primary system preconditioning, fuel installation, pressure boundary seal welding) are included as appendices to this report; these operations are of technical interest to any reactor servicing operation, whether the reactor is a breeder or a conventional light water non-breeder core.

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Massimino, R.J. & Williams, D.A. May 1, 1983.

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This report summarizes the refueling operations performed to install a Light Water Breeder Reactor (LWBR) core into the existing pressurized water reactor vessel at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. Detailed descriptions of the major installation operations (e.g., primary system preconditioning, fuel installation, pressure boundary seal welding) are included as appendices to this report; these operations are of technical interest to any reactor servicing operation, whether the reactor is a breeder or a conventional light water non-breeder core.

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Massimino, R.J. & Williams, D.A. Installation of the Light-Water Breeder Reactor at the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, report, May 1, 1983; West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1094925/: accessed December 11, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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