Review of Naval Reactor Program and Admiral Rickover Award

Review of Naval Reactor Program and Admiral Rickover Award
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 87
Release: 1959
Genre: Atomic ships
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Reviews efficiency and safety of Navy nuclear reactors used to power submarines; and presents to Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover the Congressional Medal of Merit for his efforts in the Naval Reactor Program. Hearing was held on board U.S.S. Skipjack..

Radiation Protection Criteria and Standards, Their Basis and Use

Radiation Protection Criteria and Standards, Their Basis and Use
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 966
Release: 1959
Genre: Marine nuclear reactor plants
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Reviews the proposed joint effort of AEC, General Electric Co. and Consumers Power Co. on the construction, operation and testing of high power density of a nuclear power plant at Big Rock Point, Mich.

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow
Author: James M. Jacobs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 444
Release: 1958
Genre: Fluid dynamics
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A total of 2519 annotated references to the unclassified report literature is presented. Subjects covered under heat transfer and fluid flow include radioinduced heating; boiling; boiler, evaporators, pump, and heat exchanger design; hydrodynamics; coolants and their properties; thermal and flow instrumentation; high temperature materials; thermal properties of materials; and thermal insulation. Subjects covered less completely include thermodynamics; aerodynamics; high temperature corrosion; corrosion specific to heat transfer systems; erosion; mass transfer; corrosion film formation and effects; coolant processing and radioactivity; radiation effects of heat transfer materials; and pertinent data of thermonuclear processes. Subject, report number availability, and author indexes are given.