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Nuclear supply chain innovation and collaboration: Keeping the nuclear supply chain viable through change
The next nuclear renaissance may be upon us, but with it comes a perfect storm. The industry is unprepared for a surge in demand for goods and services from both the existing light water fleet and the next generation of reactors. We are currently teetering on the edge of severe supply chain issues, but if the nuclear industry can understand the sources of our challenges, we can mitigate them.
S. Naoe, Y. Torikai, R.-D. Penzhorn, K. Akaishi, K. Watanabe, M. Matsuyama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 54 | Number 2 | August 2008 | Pages 515-518
Technical Paper | Materials Interactions | doi.org/10.13182/FST08-1
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From tritium release experiments with stainless steel 316 carried out at several temperatures and tritium depth profiles of tritium-depleted specimen information on the transport of tritium by two diverse techniques was obtained. The results could be interpreted by a one dimensional diffusion model. The activation energy for the diffusion of tritium through stainless steel was found to be 61.3 kJ/mol.