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Conference Article: Plugging of feed inlet tube upstands with Ni/Ti shape memory alloy plugs - Heysham 1 power station
Mathews, A.J. (Heysham 1 Power Station, Central Electricity Generating Board, Heysham (United Kingdom))Abstract
The paper contains a description of a new approach for Plugging feed inlet tubes of Gas-Cooled Reactors. Instead of utilizing the original explosive method plugging by fitting a shape memory alloy plug into the upstand is being described.
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key words: Gas Cooled Reactor, Nuclear Technology
- Reference:
- Specialists' meeting on technology of steam generators for gas-cooled reactors Winterthur (Switzerland) 9-12 Mar 1987
- International Atomic Energy Agency, International Working Group on Gas-Cooled Reactors, Vienna (Austria)
- IWGGCR--15, pp:163-168
- International Atomic Energy Agency, International Working Group on Gas-Cooled Reactors, Vienna (Austria)