Publisher's Synopsis
This-report-provides historical information relating to the operation, maintenance-and technical support of the PM-3A Nuclear Power Plant and the Seawater Distillation Plant, located at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. This final report is an accumu-lation of the information gathered over the ten and one-half years of Naval operation and also provides the background information which- has lead to the decision to decommission and remove the PM-3A from Antarctica.
The effort was not a successful one with power available for McMurdo Station for only 72% of the time and more than 400 reactor malfunctions recorded.
