Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor: Design of the MMSR Primary Shield

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The purpose of this report is to describe the shielding calculations and techniques used in sizing the MMSR primary shield, the results obtained, and the resulting shield thicknesses. The present report covers many of the items scheduled for presentation in the final MMSR shield design report to be issued in November of 1958. The primary shield in the MMSR consists of the reflector, thermal shields, pressure vessel wall, a 33" water annulus and a layer of lead shielding at the exterior of the primary shield tank vary from 3" to 1" in thickness.

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vi, 60 pages : illustrations, figures, graphs, tables, errata, addendum

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Smith, W. R. & Turner, M. A. April 1958.

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The purpose of this report is to describe the shielding calculations and techniques used in sizing the MMSR primary shield, the results obtained, and the resulting shield thicknesses. The present report covers many of the items scheduled for presentation in the final MMSR shield design report to be issued in November of 1958. The primary shield in the MMSR consists of the reflector, thermal shields, pressure vessel wall, a 33" water annulus and a layer of lead shielding at the exterior of the primary shield tank vary from 3" to 1" in thickness.

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vi, 60 pages : illustrations, figures, graphs, tables, errata, addendum

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AEC Contract No. AT(30-3)-274

B&W Contract No. 600-0048

Submitted to the United States Atomic energy Commission by the Babcock and Wilcox Company

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  • Grant Number: AT(30-3)-274
  • Report No.: 600-0048
  • SuDoc Number: Y3.At 7:22/BAW-1101
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1202050

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Smith, W. R. & Turner, M. A. Nuclear Merchant Ship Reactor: Design of the MMSR Primary Shield, report, April 1958; Lynchburg, Virginia. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1202050/: accessed March 15, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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