Theodore Rockwell

This book was published by Addison-Wesley in 1958 and made part of the official U.S. presentation package at the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Geneva.

Creation of the world's first commercial central station atomic power plant was assigned by President Eisenhower to Admiral Rickover and his Naval Reactors program. That program required the rapid accumulation and assimilation of a wide diversity of technological information and experience, and the declassification and dissemination of that information to the scientific and industrial communities world-wide.

This book was prepared by selected members of the three organizations responsible for the project: Naval Reactors (a joint Navy/Atomic Energy Commission organization, representing the U.S. Government), Westinghouse (the reactor plant designer), and Duquesne Light Company (the private electric utility company). It brought together for the first time, anoverall view of the plant and its purposes, and a detailed description of the main technical features of the plant.

Each of the 20 chapters was written by selected members of the three organizations, sometimes supplemented by engineers or officials of other organizations heavily involved in the project. The book is organized as follows:

Foreword: A. Tammaro, AsstGenMgr,Res & Devmt, USAEC

Chap 1: Design Philosophy, PG DeHuff & WR Ellis, Westinghouse; IH Mandil & M Shaw, USAEC

Chap 2: Reactor Coolant System, JR LaPointe, Westinghouse; M Shaw, USAEC

Chap 3: Physics, RT Bayard & MJ Galper, Westinghouse; A. Radkowsky, USAEC

Chap 4: Reactor, NJ Palladino, Westinghouse; JE Mealia, USAEC

Chap 5: Fuel Element Development B Lustman, Westinghouse; WH Wilson, USAEC

Chap 6 Core Manufacturing, WJ Hurford, J Glatter, LB Prus & JS Theilacker, Westinghouse; RG Scott & ES Wolslegel, USAEC

Chap 7 Chemistry, P Cohen, Westinghouse; TJ Iltis, USAEC

Chap 8 Reactor Plant Auxiliary Systems, JR LaPointe, Westinghouse; M Shaw, USAEC

Chap 9 Control and Instrumentation Systems, NE Wilson, Westinghouse; JC Grigg, USAEC

Chap 10 Radioactive Waste Disposal System, RD Brown, Westinghouse; M Shaw, USAEC

Chap 11 Hazards Evaluation, JE Nolan, Westinghouse; T Rockwell, USAEC

Chap 12 Electrical and Mechanical Components, NE Wilson & JW Luce, Westinghouse; BT Resnick & JC Grigg, USAEC

Chap 13 Shielding, RF Devine, Westinghouse; T. Rockwell, USAEC

Chap 14 Turbine-Generator Plant, AC Stanojev, HA Van Wassen, & RJ McAllister, Duquesne Light Co.

Chap 15 Site Description and Development, BJ McAllister, Duquesne

Chap 16 Architectural Design of Nuclear Plant, RF Devine, Westinghouse; M Shaw, USAEC

Chap 17 Construction, EF Wellner, Westinghouse; DG Iselin & CW Flynn, USAEC

Chap 18 Test Program, AL Bethel, Westinghouse; SG Schaffer, Duquesne; SWW Shor & RM Forssel, USAEC

Chap 19 Project Control and Procurement, JC Rengel, MA Penfield, Westinghouse; RV Laney, USAEC

Chap 20 Organization of the Station and Preparation for Operation, GM Oldham, Duquesne