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mm mmm "V. mmm dUaafiti i. g, &xrumx - p c r t o t or t b p bs t o ea V. X. Baltb, nz Vuolear Advisor bibc o c k * ram oo. Two wastes from today tbs world*a first nuolsar-pcwamd passenger-cargo vassal will ham moused tha procraw of port Ylaltation vhleh was Interrupted last yaar. two sooths frow today aha will ba about to aotar tha kotor of tbs fliAbnpaaa port of sail oo bar sohadolad foral(D erolsas to daaaaiatrato tha paaoafml was of tha stea. this dawoastratloo of tha interest of tha thiltad States la developing paaoafol osas of Atoade Energy was tha principal raasoo for ooootrwetlao of BavannA, and la still ona of tha aala fonetloos aha fulfills, bat Savaonah baa proton to bo far nora than a aora daonostratloa 'dm boat,* as I bops to ba able to Indlosta to you shortly. Ona of tha avy bardies Aa baa aooeaaafoily olaarod to data baa baas tha resolution of labor difficulties Aleh boost bar during bar aarly operations, and whlah aada naoaasary tha training of a oceplrtely naw eraw wndar asdy authorised operating agant, Aaarlean Ihporl and Xabrandtoaa Tinas, this o t m baa boon trained and Hearsort to operate tha roaotor plant and tha *lpi nooesafal saw trials bare bean enlisted, and tha port visitation procraa la ra onsHonnlng, X should add bars that tha labor dlffleultlsa aontlonad wars entirely dimmed frua the naeloar power aspect of Sawnah's operation. Tig. 1, shows tha Savannah at aoa Aortly after bar launching 1b Jaly, 1959* tbs ship la a sheltered-dec* vassal of aodern design with a nfced atan and edified cruiser stem. She la 595.5 ft. la length overall, with a aeldod baas cf 78 fast and a design draft of 29 ft. 6 In." The ship fully loaded displaces appruadaataly 27,000 tone, of Aleh about 10,000 tons la cargo. Bar sustained speed at design draft la 20} knots while developing 20,000 afap under Bernal ooodltlona. Jha Alp baa 10 transverse, water tight bulkheads which divide It Into eleven eo^artaantO) 7 holds, 2 peak speosa, a reactor ocapertaent, and an engineering eohlnery Preeented at the 36 annual seating af the Lead Induatrlos Aaaoclatlon, Zne. St. Louie, Missouri April 21, 22, 196fa mmmrnmm ?P ipiii I jpu iiiiyiia mpp LIA158 20 mamm**&**&&&* 9m Alp'S Ip* 601 102 affioere and arew, S3 Hptnmrary. 9m awls propwlslon salt for Aa Alp la a preaaorlaad water noolear nartw generating 60,000 Bf of baat at full power, looated la Aa araa of Aa Alp slightly forward af the aaparatraotara and aft of tba V forward hold apeeea. Mg. 2..1* a daw of tba nooloar roactor plant aa aoaa Arewgh ariaap threap the Alald and oontilwnt eeeeil. The aroelaw arM> containing faal alawanta, allghtly anrlcbad la wranlt-23$, aro loeatad la a roughly cylladrieal aoro Inside a 6" think reactor praaawro eaaaal, aad aoolaet water la flowed thrnngh tho ooro aad puwpad through two elaoed loop A 17)5 palg peesoars aad 508 T. Mmo la termed oa the esoondary aide la tba baat aachaagara aad ataaw drsaa, aad aaat oa to tba propolaloo turbines. 9m Illustration Aowa tba ooaerata biological Alald loeatad aroaad tba lower portlee of tba nncilaliMWl aaaaal aad tba lighter weight load aad polyethylene Alaldlag over tba top portlee. 9m eoatalaawat aaaaal ltoalf o la rtarlfnott to riala Intact with aa Internal praaaora of 176 palg, tbwa raatrlctlag any radioactive prodoete of aa accident to tba occflaao of tba Bnnte1nwait> aaaaal. Z woold Ilka to o^haalaa, however, that tba SeeamA reactor. Ilka tba amrj*a ablpboard raactora, ni fle rigged aa a low-enriched, pressurised water reactor boronaa af tba proven safety aad reliability of thin kind of nechiae. Two things la partlcolar an Ij^ortant to riiadir la this respeeti (1) A reactor of tba type installad aa SavancA has a negative IwgiaratiiTS coefficient and a dopplar ooafflclaat whlA sake It toad to be self-regelating, by sadden rlae la power la antoaetlcally Meeyed* by tba readting rise la taegiaratara of tba coolant water, aad of tba fuel Itself, tending to again redwoe tba pwwr. Par exespls, eoew SevennA foal was safety-tasted A tba Rational Reactor Testing Statical In Aroo, Idaho In an ettawpt to dstandno the daaaga from sudden very large power lncreeees, Zt was found that Aea oontrol rode sera ranovwd ao faA AA reactor power wao lacreaaing by won than a factor of 100 every tenth of a aeooad, Aa re actor Ant iteelf down before tho fool beating oould salt the steal cladding of As foal pine and permit fwsl ar flsalon prodweta A ECU * >iu bj |!>*I ABB ipmmm i oftitti RPPP9HI * .r-' " PIP ... : i-wM'-rtiariif'rthfaillimaiiiir r iiWaiu-ni.-- > i...ir.u>T.enir i,n. UA158Z1 --- * .J. _____(S) It la Ixpoealble for the low enriched tnuA oore to bra A mmUm ------ Ilk* an itoal* bcwb. Cm woret that could happen would be leaa of prl--ry oiri art --ter with failure gt auxiliary oera oeollng arrange--ata ao that 4m acre weald overheat and Malt, ralaaalac activity to ttM Alaldod contain--nt --aoil. Far thia elrcu--taaoe, am Mdn tha --rat aaa--ad oonditla--, tha |&aart baa bo-- laalpad to peeract pfayeioal injury to tha or-- of tha Alp or to Cm goaoral pWla. t Fig. 3.~Ao-- tha general arranta--nt cf tha load --ad war tha tap of tha oeotal--aot --eoel. load tMrtr-- --riad fna aboot 5j* to 6" d-- to looatl-- tf tha t-- --tar ooolant loopo 1--Ido tha --aaal. Cm load --o applied la pra --Idad elabe of --xlo-- thlchnooo 2* and built op to tha required thlctmaae. 3 Fig. L.~io a ucnatruetlon dotall tha -- la ohioh tho load --a bald la plaoo. The largo atad bolta --ra --ldad to tho oontal--eat -- aaai. load aloha --re laid around tho otodo through hoi-- la tho load, and lead --Urlng --a than --ad to fill la the holee around tha etude. Cm load --a tfaaa aapportod by the eaa> till--nt --aoel and bald In plaoa by the atoda and --Aar and ant arrang--ant. Polyethylene --a held by atad axtoaaion pta-- and --a nailed la pi a-- -- --11. Cm function at tha lead was prl--rlly to redone tha ga--m ray do-- rata to balon (help lr--le, Cm polyethyletn aarraa -- a feat neutron AleId, and lte prine> a^tm the lead aora effective ae a feat neutron Alald alao. Cm AleId away --da by M Ridge Rational Laboratory paraee--1 with tha reactor at a oonetant 69 W po--r Ao--d the ableId to bo adequate la all reepeete in --lrteinlng do-- rate la--la below the doaign --xl--. Cm Alald w--, ho--r, daalgnad vary clooa to artwin-- thiekneaa, alnoa do-- rutee obaar--d ware Within o factor of one-half to one foorth at tboaa calculated -- dacha "C*, 'F, and "A" la --y locations. Ciia raprae--to little or -- change in the thlckaeee of lead opacified. Cm lead for tho Mcondery Alald vaa furniAed by Federated Metal* Mrlaieo at A--rloen S--ltlag Co., Party AAoy, R.J. and waa --ldad to fit tho oootalo--nt --awl at Row Tort Alpbulldlng Corp., Caadw, R.J. Lead applied to tho prl--ry Alald --a furnace bonded to otool prl--ry Alald tart walla and oiqpiltod by Xnepp Mila of VUadagton, Dal--are. iWi aiiKMaMiiatel Baforo laaving tola daacrljrtion at th# Simaili, I aoold Ilk* to nautical briefly aon* of 1b* vdqo* fantor** and program davalopad tj oar flrat ItobU* anelaar roaetor - mm at th* olgnlftoast aAlavaaanto ef tmab. Baalda* dmonetratlng too feasibility and aafaty at melaar powar la narAant Alp applimUm, A* bad dona th* following thing** (1) Prodoood, through th* AIE-Marltlm Atolniatratlee Joint Qr&cp progrtai adalnlatratlca, a noclaar Alp anglnaaring auppu'i organisation, to* Savannah Tactaleal Staff, with iaiol**r bardwar* support faellltl** at Todd Shipyard la Oalvarton, Tax**, Thla atoff 1* andar to* diraetion *f tha noeloar (Oast daslgnar, to# BAcock A Vllca* Qo.Atoale Enargy Division, and Inrlwto* *xparlcae*d siidsr *ng1maH.ru ptncaal of both Todd and SB?. (2) frodawd eadra* of trolaad and exparlanoad daalgn snginssra, naclaar plant aalatanano* par*ocnsl, training staffs, and Alp* board dock and acylnaaring panoonal* (3) Otlnad aeoaptane* for, and established noth of to* basis for *o*aptaao* of, noolssr pcawrad vassals In nan? forolgn natlona and In both forolgn and deawatlo porta. a) Standard* and erltorl* for port eparstlsh. b) ZMarano* availability and third p*r% liability eovorag*. (L) Davalopad a doubla-oont ilmant with fUtorod loakago* sonoeft '. A1A provlda* an axtr--aly high dagraa of plant latogrlty and protaetlen for to* ganaral public, and ocAlnad thla with aophlatloatad laakaga tooting taohnlgna*. ($) tartly. Savannah baa Aown tha way to nav and l^cwvad aaoood generation* naclatr powtr planta daalgnnd apaciflrally for Alpboard ao. wptM'Paain nai.iWMWO'iw.iii' ' Him ' n "is" nunaMMO^au iws*MiiAl*'JS}Pia^WMM*toWP*1*^ awluMMBto .......... ----'m.'-.---------- -' - - MtltBfesibi -5Z haw neptlorwd mm af tta things Savannah oaa do aad has does, tat fear* is tM vwiy Important thing too has not doe*, That is to denoortrete tbs sowla feasibility of nuclear power. Obviously, la this flrst-af-a-ldad avitias roaster with tte wttiiois oa oMorratiw design sod prawn technology, roway oooUd not to (sad was net) dosiga ob>ot4w. 9m thlags Savannah tas aooaaplltoed vs quite enough Juctiflostion ftr tar exlstenoo, and withowt tar tta crawalndlly ravctltlvu nuclear aarltlaa pHanto aaold act ta aa aaar at band as they arc todqr. Savannah's r anargaaea late the liaallght af ptolio attontiaa aoaas at a tlaa toon ttoro Is raawakaaad iataraat in tta saolaar puaarad ddfi for which tas is a trail-bleser. this iataraat Is by no aaaaa oonfiaad to tha Utad State*. Tta Ocvananat of Osncay, thrush aad with tha Burstoa crganlsatleo, has aalaetod aa adwaoad aaritiM prwaaorisad water reactor, tha CEO aoaoopt developed by ta Mwidf k VUeox Cocpany, aa tha reactor far aa in a uarrlar vassal nmr aadar oaastraetlse. Tta govarnaaat af 3tpaa and that of Great Britain havw oorlaes stadias aadar way to choose tta neat suitable reactor type far their purpose, aad la this eoontry a very high degree af interact tas taaa aroused hr the reoantly developed Qeaeell dated noelear planto with aaofa abbreviated voloae, wsl^it, and cezlllery Sfwtea design. Before pairing may further asatlea of tta"new generation* af reactors, bussnr, 1st ue mxmminm a findseentel question. *0f vhat real betMfit ere nuclear powered ships when oil fueled ease ere betfling or cargo aetlafaetorllyT" There la only pern manlngful answer to that questions dollar Moray. It is tree that with naelear powered Blips we eaa stem far may years and may thouaanda of atlas with out refueling, and that we ellsdneto tta storage required far fuel oil. (Tta Savannah tas logged ever 30,000 nautical idles vhile using op only eboet lOff af her first ears to date.) Ttaaa facte, rahlnsd with high power operating reqoirenanta, neks nooleer power very ettreotive to the navy. But ww know ttat to oo^ete in tta HerltlM industry we nust offer an sonnonlna'njr ettraetiw prapulelaa plant tolls writli* off the higher initial ooet cf a naalear qyrtea. A B^BWM^WMWMBnein i . m m inuismn ..m-i, is i mnw j i ii MMrawwwwwgioswew. iumi <ajw