Published 1985 | Version v1
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Design and manufacture of an ultrasonic inspection device for the friction welds in reactor vessel control rod drive mechanism housings

  • 1. Framatome, 71 - Le Creusot (France)

Description

The control rod drive mechanism housings of a PWR reactor vessel consist of a stainless steel flange and a Ni-Cr-Fe alloy tube, assembled by friction welding. The properties of the interface and the nature of the adjacent materials require the development of a specific ultrasonic inspection technique which could be easily automated, considering the number of parts involved. This paper deals with the development and industrialization of an ultrasonic inspection technique and automated equipment, intended for the examination of the friction welds in reactor vessel control rod drive mechanism housings

Part of:
Proceedings of the 7. International conference on non destructive evaluation in nuclear industry

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Publishing Information

Publisher
COFREND.
Imprint Place
Paris (France)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 7. International conference on non destructive evaluation in nuclear industry
Imprint Pagination
466 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 269-272.

Conference

Title
7. International conference on non destructive evaluation in the nuclear industry.
Dates
28 Jan - 1 Feb 1985.
Place
Grenoble (France).

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