Nuclear power plant components. Technical diagram of components of the light water breeder reactor (LWBR) at Shippingport Atomic Power Station,Pennsylvania,USA. A longitudinal cross-section of the reactor is seen at top centre,with transverse cross-sections taken from different parts of the reactor around it. This water-cooled reactor used thorium oxide as a fuel. Shippingport was the first full-scale nuclear electric power plant in the world. It operated between 1957 and 1982 | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Library of Congress |
Taille de l’image : | 4853 px × 3802 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
Restrictions : | - |