Case Study

Life Assessment of Reactor Vessels

Life Assessment of Reactor Vessels

Case study Lifetime assessment of reactor vessels THE CHALLENGE The reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel involves a number of high-temperature processes which can damage the reactor pressure vessels as a result of creep rupture. Our client’s rigorous inspection review highlighted possible defects in the vessel welds (generated either from manufacture or operational mechanisms), and they asked Frazer-Nash to analyse the vessel

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