18 Jan (NucNet) : Specialists at China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) have successfully 3D printed a lower tube socket for the CAP1400 pressurised water reactor fuel assembly – the first time 3D printing has been used to construct nuclear fuel elements in China, CNNC said in a statement.
State-owned CNNC said the assemblies in a nuclear reactor are cell structures that consist of cylindrical fuel rods and complex metal parts that keep the rods in place.
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