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Mech engineering work in nuclear reactors
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[QUOTE="gmax137, post: 5723901, member: 112505"] I don't really know about fusion machines but in a fission power plant there is a huge amount of mechanical engineering. Stresses and strains during normal and upset conditions, heat transfer & fluid flow to get the energy from the core into turning the turbine, corrosion of the materials, changes in physical properties as the materials age, welding and bolted connections, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, piping design... and on and on. Most of the work is mechanical engineering, closely followed by instrumentation & control / electrical engineering. There are actually very few nuclear engineers working onsite. [/QUOTE]
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