Abstract :
THE ARMY Package Power Reactor (APPR) is a 2,035-kw pressurized-water nuclear electric generating plant built at Fort Belvoir, Va., by ALCO Products, Inc., under contract to the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for the U. S. Army. It is the Army´s first undertaking in the power reactor field. The net electrical output of the plant will be utilized to supplement the Fort Belvoir power distribution system.