RE: nuke navy - HMS Tireless

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Ruth,

In case no one has responded, the reactor vessel is not in contact with the hull, so heat is not transferred to the sea water.  If it was, it would be a lot easier to track a submarine.

-- John

John Jacobus, MS

LCDR, USN (ret.)
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD  20715-2024

E-mail:  jenday1@email.msn.com (H)     

-----Original Message-----
From: RuthWeiner@AOL.COM [mailto:RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 5:58 PM
To: Michael.Kent@nmcco.com; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: nuke navy - HMS Tireless

Water has a specific heat of 1 calorie per gram degree.  Moreover, the heat of vaporization of water is 560 cal/gm. , and boiling water stays at 100 deg C at atmospheric pressure until it has boiled away (all been converted to vapor).  Under these circumstances, could one of the Nuke Navy folks explain if, and how, melting through the submarine wall would happen if the submarine is even partly submerged?

Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com