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Flamanville-3 reaches full power
France’s state-owned electric utility EDF has announced that Flamanville-3—the country’s first EPR—reached full nuclear thermal power for the first time, generating 1,669 megawatts of gross electrical power. This major milestone is significant in terms of both this project and France’s broader nuclear sector.
Alex Stojimirovic, Saurin Majumdar
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 23 | Number 3 | May 1993 | Pages 309-315
Technical Paper | Blanket Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST93-A30158
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The thermomechanical contact between beryllium cubes and Type 316 stainless steel was analyzed for various values of applied pressure normal to the interface. If we neglect the influence of gap on the interface resistance, finite element analyses show that a simple one-dimensional analysis can lead to serious underestimation of the maximum temperature of the beryllium. A two-dimensional analysis underpredicts the maximum gap created at the interface, compared with a full three-dimensional analysis. Thus, it also significantly underpredicts the maximum temperature of the beryllium.
