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BWXT announces nuclear manufacturing plant expansion
BWX Technologies announced today plans to expand and add advanced manufacturing equipment to its manufacturing plant in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.
A $36.3 million USD ($50M CAD) expansion will increase the plant’s size by 25 percent—to 280,000 square feet—and another $21.7 million USD ($30M CAD) will be spent on new equipment to increase and accelerate its output of large nuclear components. The investment will increase capacity and create more than 200 long-term jobs for skilled workers, engineers, and support staff, according to the company.
Martin L. Hoppe, Richard B. Stephens, David Harding
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 31 | Number 4 | July 1997 | Pages 504-511
Technical Paper | Eleventh Target Fabrication Specialists' Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST97-A30811
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Capsules that contain doped GDP layers must be characterized for dopant concentration level and uniformity. X-ray µ-fluorescence (XRF), with its unique capability to quantitatively determine concentrations of most elements simultaneously and non-destructively, and in an efficient manner, is generally the method of choice for total dopant (Z>11) concentration within ICF capsules. Dopant homogeneity (as well as concentration) within the target has been determined using Rutherford Backscatter Spectroscopy (RBS). Other methods which have provided information are SEM/EDXS; combustion analyses; mass spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
