Light water reactors stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and aging mitigation: Ultra-High-Pressure Cavitation Peening for nozzles and penetrations

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Framatome’s ultra high pressure cavitation peening process is an innovative surface mitigation solution that is applicable to the key components of the primary system — reactor vessel head (RVH) nozzle penetrations, bottom mounted nozzle (BMN) instrumentation penetrations, and reactor vessel primary nozzles.

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