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This chapter gives examples of how engineering data of DHC initiation, growth rate, and solvus determinations, supported by theoretical models, and associated underlying property measurements and analyses, are applied in integrity assessments of pressure tubes of CANDU reactors. Examples are given of (1) planar and volumetric flaw assessment approaches and (2) reactor core assessments (leak before break analyses).
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In a CANDU reactor the temperature along the pressure tube typically ranges from approximately 250 to 300 °C.
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Puls, M.P. (2012). Applications to CANDU Reactors. In: The Effect of Hydrogen and Hydrides on the Integrity of Zirconium Alloy Components. Engineering Materials. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4195-2_12
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