Reactor

Question 1

How many Reactors do we have?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What type of reactor do we have?

Answer 2

Pressurized Water

Question 3

Why is the Reactor pressurized?

Answer 3

To prevent Boiling

Question 4

Where are the reactors located?

Answer 4

1 in each RAR

Question 5

What does RAR stand for?

Answer 5

Reactor Auxiliary Room

Question 6

What type of fuel do we use in the Reactor?

Answer 6

Enriched Uranium 235

Question 7

How many steam generators do we have? Location?

Answer 7

4 per plant, 4 in each RAR

Question 8

What are the phases of the steam cycle?

Answer 8

Generation, Expansion, Condensation, Feed

Question 9

How many coolant turbine generators do we have?

Answer 9

4

Question 10

How many ship’s service turbine generators do we have? Location

Answer 10

4; 2 in each MMR

Question 11

What does MMR stand for?

Answer 11

Main Machinery Room

Question 12

What is the purpose of the SSTGs, what is it stepped down to?

Answer 12

Provides 4160VAC to switchgear and load centers; 440VAC

Question 13

What does EDG stand for, what is its purpose?

Answer 13

Emergency Diesel Generator, Backup electrical power

Question 14

How many EDG do we have and what type of fuel is used in it?

Answer 14

4; JP-5

Question 15

How many main engines do we have, where are they located?

Answer 15

4; 2 in each MMR

Question 16

State the 3 basic parts of the main engine?

Answer 16

HP turbine, LP turbine, Reduction gear

Question 17

How many horsepower is each main engine?

Answer 17

70,000 HP

Question 18

What engines are in 1 MMR?

Answer 18

1 and 4

Question 19

How many distilling units do we have, what type are they, where are they located?

Answer 19

4; 6 stage flash type; 2 in each MMR

Question 20

How much can 1 DU produce per day, what is the recommended usage per person per day?

Answer 20

100,000; 35 gallons

Question 21

How many reboilers do we have, where are they located?

Answer 21

2; 1A and 4B shaft alleys

Question 22

What do the reboilers provide?

Answer 22

Hotel services (laundry, galley, scullery hot water)

Question 23

How many HPACs do we have, where are they located, what pressure do they provide?

Answer 23

4; 2 in each MMR; 3,500 to 4,500 PSI

Question 24

How many LPACs (SSACs) do we have, what pressure do they provide?

Answer 24

3; 125 PSI

Question 25

What does DFT stand for?

Answer 25

Deaerating Feed Tank

Question 25

What was the first nuclear powered vessel?

Answer 25

USS Nautilus

Question 26

What was the first nuclear powered surface ship?

Answer 26

USS Long Beach

Question 27

What type of ship was the Nautilus?

Answer 27

SSN

Question 28

What type of ship was the Long Beach?

Answer 28

CGN

Question 29

What was the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier?

Answer 29

USS Enterprise

Question 30

What is the purpose of the main thrust bearing?

Answer 30

Transmits the thrust of the screw to the hull of the ship

Question 31

Who was the father of naval nuclear power?

Answer 31

ADM Hyman G. Rickover

Question 31

What is the purpose of the jacking gear?

Answer 31

Turns the shaft slowly during in port to help start up

Question 32

What is the purpose of the reduction gear?

Answer 32

Converts high speed to a lower more efficient speed to the shaft

Question 33

What is the purpose of the guarding valve?

Answer 33

Emergency stop of steam to main engines

Question 34

What is Reactor critical?

Answer 34

Self sustaining nuclear chain reactor

Question 35

What is Reactor Scram?

Answer 35

Rapid shutdown of the reactor

Question 36

What does TLD stand for and what is its purpose?

Answer 36

Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter; Records radiation exposure

Question 37

What does EOS stand for?

Answer 37

Enclosed Operating Station

Question 38

What does MPA stand for?

Answer 38

Main Propulsion Assistant

Question 39

What does RMA stand for?

Answer 39

Reactor Mechanical Assistant

Question 40

State the Reactor watches in DCC

Answer 40

EOOW; Load dispatcher; Water control watch

Question 41

How many Reactors did the Big E have?

Answer 41

8

Question 42

List the divisions within reactor

Answer 42

Reactor Auxiliaries (RA); Reactor Mechanical (RM); Reactor Controls (RC); Reactor Electrical (RE); Machinery Division (M-Div); Reactor Laboratories (RL).