NUCLEONICS Survey of 
Owner: Alco AEC AEC AEC AEC B&W AEC? AEC? 
Designer: Vitro ANL ANL ANL ANL owner Bettis Bettis 
Location: Schenectady, NRTS, Idaho Lemont, Ill. Lemont, Ill. Lemont, Ill. Lynchburg, Va. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 
Ni Ye Pa. Pa. 
Name: none ZPR-3 ZPR-4’ ZPR-5 ZPR-7 none TRX SFR-FA 
Startup: 8/26/56 10/20/55 5/31/57 6/28/56 7/3/57 1/15/57 1953 1954 
Capital investment: $300,000 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. $700,000 
Use or operating charge: $600/day n.a. n.a. n.a. na. n.a. 
Number of cells: i 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 
Applications— 
basic physics: — 3 2 — 3 
basic reactor physics: 1 1 2 2 
specific reactor design: J 1 — -= 1 1 
specific reactor 
operation & safety: — _ _— = _ — 
Specific reactor designs 
investigated to date: APPR-1 EBR-1, — — EBWR Indian Pt., — S3W, S4W 
EBR-2 MSR, LMFRE 
Available for hire: yes yes! yes! yes! yes! yes 
Materials available— 
fuel: UO2-SS U, Pu U U UO2, ThO2: U, Th 
moderator: H.0 = H20 H20 D0 H20 
coolant: — Al H:20 Al D20 H:0, Bi 
reflector: H20 U H20 H:20 D0 — 
structure: ss SS, Zr Al ss Al — 
control: _ _— — — = — 
References: APAE-21 —_ ANL-5379 ANL-5547 ANL-5715 — 
Owner: GE AEC AEC? AEC? AEC? AEC? AEC? AEC 
Designer: owner HAPO KAPL KAPL KAPL KAPL KAPL KAPL 
Location: Pleasanton, Richland, Schenectady, Schenectady, Schenectady, Schenectady, Schenectady, Schenectady, 
Calif. Wash. NY 5 N. ¥,. Ne. Noy, N. Y. Ni. 
Name: none PCTR PPA ATR PMA FPR CWA PTR 
Startup: 9/6/57 10/25/55 1948 1954 1954 1956 1957 4/10/58 
Capital investment: $4,000,000 $250,000 $2,000,000 
Use or operating charge: n.a. $300/day n.a. 
Number of cells: 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
Applications— 
basic physics: 3 4 — 
basic reactor physics: 2 1 
specific reactor design: 1 1 2 
specific reactor 
operation & safety: — 3 _— 
Specific reactor designs 
investigated to date: Dresden PRTR _— SAR _— SAR DIG — 
Available for hire: yes yes? no 
Materials available— 
fuel: UO2 U-Al, UO2-Pb U 
moderator: H20 Cc H.0 
coolant: H20 _ HO 
reflector: Be Cc H20 
structure: Al Cc SS, Zircaloy 
control: boral Cd-U B-steel 
References: GEA 6595-2. HW-32791 n.a. 
APPR-1—Army Package Power Reactor, Ft. EBR—Experimental Breeder Reactor, NRTS, 
Explanatory Notes 
Capital Investment—estimated total investment 
Use or operating charge—charge to user in case 
of commercial facilities; estimated operating 
cost in case of government facilities; fuel 
charges not included; day = 8 hr 
Applications—what the facility is used for in 
order of importance 
n.a.—not available 
Aleo—Alco Products, Inc. 
A1lW—first generation Westinghouse reactor for 
aircraft carriers 
ANL—Argonne National Laboratory (operated 
by Univ. of Chicago for AEC) 
112 
Belvoir, Va. 
ARE— Aircraft Reactor Experiment (dismantled) 
B&W—The Babcock & Wilcox Co. 
Bettis—Bettis Field (operated by Westinghouse 
Electric Corp. for AEC) 
BMI—Battelle Memorial Institute 
BNL—Brookhaven National Laboratory (oper- 
ated by Associated Universities, Inc. for AEC) 
BSR—Bulk Shielding Reactor, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 
CANEL—Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine 
Laboratory 
CE—Combustion Engineering, Inc. 
D1G—first generation General Electric reactor 
for destroyers 
EBWR—Experimental Boiling Water Reactor, 
Lemont, IIl. 
ETR—Engineering Test Reactor, NRTS, Idaho 
GCRE—Gas Cooled Reactor Experiment, NRTS 
GD—General Dynamic Corp., John Jay Hopkins 
Laboratory 
GE—General Electric Co., Vallecitos Atomic 
Laboratory 
GEANP—General Electric Aircraft Nuclear 
Propulsion 
HAPO—Hanford Atomic Products Operation 
(operated by General Electric Co, for AEC) 
KAPL—Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (oper- 
ated by General Electric Co. for AEC) 
