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Power Reactor Development Company (PRDC) - Notes and Articles on Reactors, 1955-1963, 1977

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

From the Collection:

Collection includes consulting files for projects including Armco Steel Corporation design of rigid frame buildings and roof systems; Power Reactor Development Corp. study of containment of fast breeder reactor; Buckminster Fuller design of Museum of Modern Art exhibit; Gibbs & Hill prestressed concrete nuclear containment vessel studies;Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. implosion of large steam generator; National Bureau of Standards structural integrity of U.S. Olympic structure, Lake Placid and the investigation of the Hyatt Regency Walkway collapse; C. Lindbergh & Associates review of the design of the structure of a very large engine test facility in Tullahoma, TN; Visual Edge Ltd development of ELRFD, an electronic version of the AISC LRFD specification; OSHA the L'Ambiance Plaza collapse; and work on the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. Also Cornell projects, including the Fall Creek Suspension Bridge; student notes; and lecture notes for Cornell engineering classes.

Also plans for the Hyatt Regency Hotel (Kansas City, Missouri); for L'Ambiance Plaza (Bridgeport, Connecticut), and for the Triphammer Falls Foot Bridge.

Dates

  • Majority of material found within 1955-1963, 1977

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

5.5 cubic feet. (5.5 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
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