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As the global energy landscape shifts towards safer, smaller, and more flexible nuclear power, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Gen. IV* technologies are at the forefront of innovation. These advanced designs pose new challenges in size, efficiency, and operating environment that traditional instrumentation and control solutions aren’t always designed to handle.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 2 | February 1967 | Pages 94-101
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27806
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Brazing techniques for joining dissimilar materials considered for tube-to-armor joints of high-temperature graphite space radiators have been investigated. The combinations tested consisted of Cb-1Zr and type-316 stainless-steel alloys, each brazed with developmental alloys to Graphitite-G and an expanded form of pyrolytic graphite. Stability test results are reported for specimens brazed and aged 500 h at 1350°F (734°C) or thermally cycled 500 times between 350°F (177°C) and 1350°F under a pressure of 10−5 torr (max). Brazing and thermal stability tests indicated that compatible braze bonds can be made between the graphites and potential tube materials.