Artist's concept shows nuclear reactor containment system for General Electric's standard line

Artist's concept (drawn to scale) shows nuclear reactor containment system for General Electric's standard line of 500,000-kilowatt, central station nuclear power plants. The containment system is one of many engineered safe-guards provided for nuclear power plants powered by GE boiling water reactors. Nuclear boiler, approximately 60 feet high, is shown in central part of drawing, positioned vertically inside dry well (lightbuld shaped cutaway), which measures about 120 feet high and 70 feet in diameter at the widest portion. Directly below the dry well, and encircling it, is a metal tube called the absorption chamber which measures 130 feet in over-all diameter. During plant operation the absorption chamber is partially filled with water and is designed to condense any steam which might be released because of a system mal-function., Credit Line: General Electric Company, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Abstract/Description: Artist's concept (drawn to scale) shows nuclear reactor containment system for General Electric's standard line of 500,000-kilowatt, central station nuclear power plants. The containment system is one of many engineered safe-guards provided for nuclear power plants powered by GE boiling water reactors. Nuclear boiler, approximately 60 feet high, is shown in central part of drawing, positioned vertically inside dry well (lightbuld shaped cutaway), which measures about 120 feet high and 70 feet in diameter at the widest portion. Directly below the dry well, and encircling it, is a metal tube called the absorption chamber which measures 130 feet in over-all diameter. During plant operation the absorption chamber is partially filled with water and is designed to condense any steam which might be released because of a system mal-function.
Subject(s): Drawing
Graphic arts
Nuclear reactors
General Electric Company
Credit Line: General Electric Company, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Catalog ID: General Electric Company H4
Title: Artist's concept shows nuclear reactor containment system for General Electric's standard line.
Type of Resource: still image
Extent: 1 photographic print (black and white; 10 x 8 inches)
Abstract/Description: Artist's concept (drawn to scale) shows nuclear reactor containment system for General Electric's standard line of 500,000-kilowatt, central station nuclear power plants. The containment system is one of many engineered safe-guards provided for nuclear power plants powered by GE boiling water reactors. Nuclear boiler, approximately 60 feet high, is shown in central part of drawing, positioned vertically inside dry well (lightbuld shaped cutaway), which measures about 120 feet high and 70 feet in diameter at the widest portion. Directly below the dry well, and encircling it, is a metal tube called the absorption chamber which measures 130 feet in over-all diameter. During plant operation the absorption chamber is partially filled with water and is designed to condense any steam which might be released because of a system mal-function.
Identifier(s): General Electric Company H4 (Catalog ID)
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Credit Line: General Electric Company, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Subject(s): Drawing
Graphic arts
Nuclear reactors
General Electric Company
Held by: Niels Bohr Library & Archives
Related Title: Physics Today Collection.
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