Descriptive Summary
Important Information for Researchers
Historical Background
Collection Scope and Content Summary
Collection Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Training Center manuals
Date: 1982-1983
Collection Number: MS-R126
Creator:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Nuclear Training Center.
Extent:
1.1 linear feet
Languages: The collection is in English.
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library. Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection contains manuals published by the Nuclear Training Center of Westinghouse Electric Corporation on the thermodynamics
of nuclear power plants. These manuals were part of a training program provided by Westinghouse for the education of Southern
California Edison employees who presumably worked for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
Important Information for Researchers
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Training Center manuals. MS-R126. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Linda Flomerfelt, 2006.
Processing History
Processed by Cyndi Shein, 2007.
Historical Background
The Westinghouse Electric Company provides fuel, services, technology, plant design, and equipment for the commercial nuclear
electric power industry. It also offers training programs and other educational services in the area of nuclear technology.
In the 1980s Southern California Edison employees who worked with nuclear electric power used the Westinghouse training manuals
in this collection. Southern California Edison operates one nuclear electric power plant, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating
Station (SONGS).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains loose-leaf manuals published by the Nuclear Training Center of Westinghouse Electric Corporation
on the thermodynamics of nuclear power plants. These manuals were part of a training program provided by Westinghouse for
the education of Southern California Edison employees. The manuals include diagrams of equipment employed in the generation
of power, instruction on how to use the equipment, and glossaries of related terminology. Topics addressed in the manuals
are power plant performance, steam generators, turbine thermodynamics, radioactivity, and nuclear reactors. The five titles
are "Fundamentals of Nuclear Reactor Physics," "Radiation, Chemistry and Corrosion considerations for Nuclear Power Plant
Applications," "Material Considerations of Pressurized Water Reactors," "Thermal-Hydraulic Principles and Applications to
the Pressurized Water Reactor," and "Reactor Core Control for Large Pressurized Water Reactors."
Collection Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Calif.) -- Employees -- Training of.
Nuclear power plants -- Employees -- Training of.
Nuclear power plants -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nuclear power plants -- Thermodynamics.
Nuclear reactors -- Cooling.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Training manuals -- 20th century.
Manuals (Handbooks) -- 20th century.
Titles
Fundamentals of nuclear reactor physics.
Material considerations of pressurized water reactors.
Radiation, chemistry, and corrosion considerations for nuclear power plant applications.
Reactor core control for large pressurized water reactors.
Thermal-hydraulic principles and applications to the pressurized water reactor.
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