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44 Cards in this Set
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What are the responsibilities of the Reactor Department?
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1) Create steam for propulsion, electricity generation, catapults, and reboiler services 2) Make potable water 3) Pollution abatement 4) High pressure and ship’s service air generation |
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How many reactors are onboard CVN77? |
2 |
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What is a RX Scram? |
Emergency shutdown of a reactor
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What does RX Critical mean? |
The reactor is operating at a steady power level. |
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How many re boilers are on board? What are the locations of the re boilers? |
2 1A Shaft Alley (#1 reboiler) and 4B Shaft Alley (#2 reboiler) |
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List the services (loads) provided by the re boilers? |
50lb Service steam system 100lb Laundry steam system Distilling plant air ejectors Auxiliary lube oil purifier heaters Main lube oil purifier heaters, |
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What is CSC? What is the purpose of CDC? |
Catapult Supervisory Control. To regulate the rate of refill of the catapult steam accumulators. |
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What is the purpose of the ship’s high pressure air compressors (HPAC)? |
They supply 4,200lb air for propulsion plant and ship’s uses. |
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How many HPACs are onboard? What are the locations of the ship’s HPACs? |
4
1&2- 1 Main Machinery Room 3&4- 2 Main Machinery Room |
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What are the uses of high pressure air? |
EDG starting air SCBA recharge aircraft elevator pressure flasks arresting gear lubrication emergency air breathing. |
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What is the purpose of the Ships Service Air Compressors (SSAC)? |
Provide low pressure air for propulsion plant and ship’s uses. |
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How many SSACs are onboard? What are the locations of the SSACs? |
3 #1- 1 Main Machinery Room #2- 2 Reactor Auxiliaries Room #3- 2 Main Machinery Room. |
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List the uses of low pressure air? |
Dental operating rooms Flight deck cameras Pneumatic tool connections Air conditioning plants Laundry presses & dry cleaning units. |
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What is the purpose of the ship’s distilling plants? |
Convert seawater into potable water and reactor plant make-up water. |
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How many distilling units (DUs) are onboard? What are the locations of the ship’s DUs? |
4 1&2- 1 Main Machinery Room 3&4- 2 Main Machinery Room |
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What is the maximum amount of water produced by one DU per day? |
100,000 gallons. |
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State the purposes of the ship’s Emergency Diesel Generators (EDG)? |
Primary- Provide electrical power to the Reactor Fill Pumps in case of a reactor accident Secondary- Provide emergency electrical power to the ship upon a loss of ship’s service turbine generators or high volts shore power. |
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What is the purpose of the Ship’s Service Turbine Generators? |
Uses steam to generate electricity for the ship while underway. |
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How many SSTGs are onboard? What are the locations of the SSTGs? |
4 1&2- 1 Main Machinery Room 3&4- 2 Main Machinery Room |
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State the purpose of the ship’s Coolant Turbine Generators (CTG)? |
Uses steam to generate electricity for the ship’s Reactor Coolant Pumps. |
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How many CTGs are onboard? What are the locations of the CTGs? |
4 1&2- 1 Reactor Auxiliaries Room 3&4- 2 Reactor Auxiliaries Room. |
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Who is overall in charge of Reactor Department? Who is the Reactor Officer? |
The Reactor Officer Cdr Hoffman |
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What is Reactor Controls (RC) Division Responsible for? What rate is RC division comprised of? |
Maintenance and operation of the reactor’s electronic equipment. ET's |
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What is Reactor Electrical Division responsible for? What rate is RE division comprised of? |
Maintenance and operation of the reactor’s electrical equipment. EM's |
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What is Reactor Laboratories Division responsible for? What rate is RL Division comprised of? |
Maintaining reactor plant, steam plant, and reboiler water chemistry and for radiological control concerns for the ship. MM's |
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What is Reactor Mechanical (RM) Division Responsible for? What rate is RM division comprised of? |
Maintenance and operation of reactor plant machinery. MM's |
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What is Reactor Propulsion (RP) Division responsible for? What rate is RP Division comprised of? |
Maintenance and operation of propulsion equipment as well as other equipment located in the main machinery rooms MM's |
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What is Reactor Auxiliaries Division responsible for? What rates is RA Division comprised of? |
Maintenance and operation of the EDGs
EN's & MM's |
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What does TLD stand for?
What is the purpose of a TLD? |
Thermo Luminescent Dosimeter
Measures the amount of radiation the wearer is exposed to |
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State the propulsion plant supervisory watchstanders and their watch locations: EOOW LD PPWO PPWS |
- Engineering Officer of the Watch (EOOW)-DCC - Load Dispatcher (LD)- DCC - Propulsion Plant Watch Officer (PPWO)- #1 or #2 Enclosed Operating Station (EOS) - Propulsion Plant Watch Supervisor (PPWS)- #1 or #2 Reactor Plant (roving) |
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State the propulsion plant supervisory watchstanders and their watch locations: CRW CMO |
Chief Reactor Watch (CRW)- #1 or #2 Reactor Auxiliaries Room (roving) Chief Machinery Operator (CMO)- #1 or #2 Main Machinery Room (roving) |
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State the purpose of the Main Engines: |
Convert thermal energy from steam into mechanical work to move the ship. |
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How many main engines do we have? What are there locations? |
4 1&4- 1 MMR 2&3- 2 MMR |
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What is the maximum RPM the shafts can rotate at? |
171 RPM. |
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What was the first nuclear powered vessel? |
USS Nautilus |
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What was the first nuclear powered surface ship? |
USS Longbeach |
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What was the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier? |
USS Enterprise |
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Who is the father of naval nuclear power? |
Hyman G. Rickover |
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State the advantages of nuclear power vice fossil fuel: |
Less pollution Longer periods between refueling |
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What is the fuel used in our reactors? |
Fuel grade Uranium-235 |
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Explain how a nuclear reaction produces useable energy: |
Nuclear fission of Ur-235 releases neutrons which collide with water molecules producing heat energy. |
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Which reactor design is used on board? |
A4W |
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What does ORSE stand for? |
Operational Reactor Safeguards Examination |
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What is ORSE? |
Annual inspection of RX deptto ensure safe operation of the reactors. |
