I think it was an Army designed reactor not unlike the ones the Army developed
for use in Antarctica. Those first reactor vessels saw a lot of neutron
embrittlement of the reactor vessel. The material form those early vessels was
used to determine low alloy steel fracture mechanics properties, fracture
toughness, as a function of neutron flux.
The vessel from Panama probably should be investigated, however, it won't be
because the Army does not want to know what the margin to failure was. The
fact that it worked and did not fail was good enough. Fracture toughness in
the high flux/high stress part of the reactor and ultrasonic investigation for
defect size and orientation is all that is needed.
The Navy has submarine prototype reactors that may be stationary floaters also.
Bop
----- Original Message -----
From: H Veeder
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:CB&I to decommission floating reactor
Yeah they could have mentioned that the US military operates other floating
nuclear power reactors although this particular reactor provided power for both
military and civilian uses.
Harry
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
I suppose they forgot about aircraft carriers and submarines. :-)
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:01 PM, H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> CB&I to decommission floating reactor
>
> 14 April 2014
>
> The USA's only floating nuclear power plant will be decommissioned by CB&I
> under a $34.7 million contract. The MH-1A reactor provided power to the
> Panama Canal zone before being shut down in 1976.
>
>
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-CB-and-I-to-decommission-floating-reactor-1404147.html
>
> Harry
