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Originally Posted by soundman98
while it's a problem, digging a little deeper gives a little more clarity
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/A...orrosion-issue
so it's really more of a thermal-cycling issue than a corrosion issue. i assume it's a translation difference.
but also interesting is how they 'frenchified the geometry of the lines', which seems to have created unintended thermal loading by re-designing the line orientation from the original design...
so they literally said "hey westinghouse, we're french, we know better, watch this"
and now westinghouse gets to say "lol, how's our design now?" |
I don't know that clarity on what caused the stress corrosion changes much. The point of the article was just to talk about France having issues with its nuclear fleet, talking about the cost associated with nuclear and just considering the issues they might have with importing energy and reducing exports. I'm sure that means they will likely rely on fossil fuel sources for energy in the meantime, which isn't good for the planet.