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23 Cards in this Set
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Who is the father of naval nuclear power ? |
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover |
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What was the first nuclear vessel ? |
USA Nautilus ( SSN-571) |
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What was the first nuclear surface ship ? |
Uss Long Beach ( Cgn -9)what |
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What was the first nuclear aircraft carrier ? |
Uss enterprise ( cvn 65) |
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What was the first nuclear destroyer ? |
Uss Bainbridge ( dlgn-25) |
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How many and what type of reactors do have on board Ike ? |
2. A4W pressurized water reactors |
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What does A4W stand for |
Aircraft Carrier 4th design , Westinghouse |
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What does the reactor use a fuel source? |
Enriched Uranium - 235 |
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Define Fission |
The spontaneous or induced splitting of an atomic nucleus into smaller parts usually accompanied by a significant release of energy |
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What does it mean when the reactor is critical |
The reactor core had just enough fission activity producing neutrons to keep the reaction rate constant |
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What is a reactor scram ? |
The reactor is shutdown by shutdown by simultaneous / raid insertion of all control rods |
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How much power does each reactor generate? |
550 MW |
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State the purpose of the reactors ? |
The reactors create heat which is transmitted to the steam generators |
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State the purpose of the steam generators |
The steam generators take the heat from the reactor and make steam which is sent to various loads throughout the ship |
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State the steam loads which receive steam from the steam generators ? |
Main engines Ship service turbine generators Coolant turbine generators Catapults Reboilers Distilling units |
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How many reboilers do we have onboard and what is their capacity ? |
2 , & a capacity of 80,000 |
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State the purpose of the reboilers. |
Make steam which is distributed throughout the ship and used for various reasons |
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Where are the reboilers located? |
#1 is located in 1A shaft alley #2 is located in 4A shaft alley |
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State he reboiler service steam loads |
50# service steam system ( galley : hot water )
100# laundry steam system
Distilling plant air ejectors
Low pressure steam drain collecting tank air ejectors
Auxiliary lube oil purification heaters
Main lube oil purifier heaters
Auxiliary lube oil settling tank heating coils
Catapult cylinder lube oil tank heating coils
Sea chest steam out connections
Decontamination sink heater coils
25# steam reducing station |
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State the purpose of the distilling units |
Take the seawater flash it via steam and create water for potable or feed water |
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Define potable water |
Water used for drinking , cooking , bathing , laundry and washing airplanes |
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Define feed water |
Extremely high purity water for reactor and steam plant use |
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How many distilling units do we have and where are they located ? |
We gave 4 Du's 1 & 2 are located in 1 MMR 3 & 4 are located in 2 MMR |
