Recent content by Shaker1

Thnks for your input, OzzyPete. "I agree with you about testing other reactor material from the same manufacturer..." I admit that the reason for the original question is seeming resistence to testing here in the US. "This leaves the corrosion resistant overlay weld which is applied to the...

Thank you, Astronuc. I believe it will be interesting once it's figured out.

Personally, I'm not so sure that material manufacture is the problem. I'm a metal-worker by trade, and sure, one sees material variances, but it's generally on the order of mechanical differences. Those can't really be helped and should be part of the consideration at design. I'm suspect of the...

Thank you, Astronuc.

I realize this morning that my phrasing of the question may seem loaded, but honestly I'm only looking for some opinion. I do understand that any answers are opinion. In my working days I was a machinist, welder, general fabricator who's worked with a vast variety of materials in corrosion...

Anyone given thought to the mechanism(s) of the cracks in the Belgian RPVs? In normal circumstances, I personally have clues based upon experience. The material neutron bombarded for a number of years gives that all a twist. So...Anybody?