Guide to the Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Training Center Manuals
MS.R.126
Processed by Cyndi Shein; machine-readable finding aid created by Cyndi
Shein
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
(cc) 2007
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Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
Title: Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Training Center manuals
Creator:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Nuclear Training Center
Identifier/Call Number: MS.R.126
Physical Description:
1.1 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1982-1983
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.
Language of Material:
English .
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. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Training manuals -- 20th century.
Manuals (Handbooks) -- 20th century.
Nuclear power plants -- Thermodynamics.
Nuclear reactors -- Cooling.
Nuclear power plants -- Employees -- Training of.
Nuclear power plants -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Calif.) -- Employees -- Training
of.
box 1, folder 1-9
Fundamentals of nuclear reactor
physics
1983
box 1, folder 10-13
Material considerations of pressurized water
reactors
1982
box 1, folder 14-17
Radiation, chemistry, and corrosion considerations for
nuclear power plant applications
1983
box 1, folder 18-22
Reactor core control for large pressurized water
reactors
1983
box 1, folder 23-27, box 2, folder 1-4
Thermal-hydraulic principles and applications to the
pressurized water reactor
1982
