A short introductary comment of the German-Japanese cooperation on the field of nuclear ship propulsion is given, which since several years had led to the development of a nuclear propelled containership with 80 000 shp. Against this background the cooperation with the Japanese was renewed for checking the shield modification of NS MUTSU by GKSS. Before the modification of the shielding is dealt with in more detail the design concept of ship and reactor plant of the vessel is presented. The observed defects as well as the rebuilding concept of the changed shielding incl. the shielding calculations. The constructive modifications have led to reconsiderations of safety aspects for ship and reactor. Finally a short description of the repair site in Sasebo is given and an outlook on the nuclear ship development in Japan. (ERA citation 08:002257)


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    Title :

    State of the Japanese Nuclear Research Ship MUTSU


    Contributors:
    H. Lettnin (author)

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    7 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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