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MODEL S5W POWER UNIT. THE S5W POWER UNIT SHIPPING CONTAINER (PUSC) IS A CONTAINER AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLY DESIGNED TO SHIP AND STORE NEW NAVAL REACTOR POWER UNITS. THE PUSC IS COMPRISED ESSENTIALLY OF THREE MAJOR ASSEMBLIES: (1) THE OUTER FRAME, (2) THE INNER FRAME, AND (3) THE SHIPPING CONTAINER. DURING SHIPMENT, THE SHIPPING CONTAINER IS BOLTED TO THE INNER FRAME IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION. TWO TRUNNIONS WELDED TO THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE SHIPPING CONTAINER SUPPORT THE LOWER END OF THE CONTAINER AND ALSO PROVIDE THE MEANS WHEREBY THE CONTAINER CAN BE ROTATED FROM THE HORIZONTAL (SHIPPING) ATTITUDE TO THE VERTICAL (LOADING-UNLOADING) ATTITUDE IN THE INNER FRAME. THE TRUNNIONS TURN IN TRUNNION BASES WHICH ARE BOLTED TO THE INNER FRAME. THE INNER FRAME AND SHIPPING CONTAINER ARE SUPPORTED BY THE OUTER FRAME AND PEDESTAL THROUGH 80 ELASTIC SHOCK MOUNTS, EACH OF WHICH IS SECURED TO BOTH TH E INNER FRAME AND OUTER FRAME. APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF THE 3 MAJOR ASSEMBLIES OF THE PUSC ARE: SHIPPING CONTAINER: 95 INCHES DIAMETER BY 234 INCHES; INNER FRAME: 109 INCHES WIDTH BY 52 INCHES HEIGHT BY 269 INCHES LENGTH; OUTER FRAME: 121 INCHES WIDTH BY 56 INCHES HEIGHT BY 236 INCHES LENGTH. MAX. WEIGHT OF LOADED PUSC IS APPROX. 127,900 LBS.