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Task force charts growing interest in civilian maritime nuclear applications
Readers of Nuclear News will have heard of historical applications of civilian maritime nuclear power, like the merchant ship NS Savannah and the USS Sturgis floating power plant. With a few exceptions there has been little action in this area for over 50 years, and there are plenty of reasons and opinions as to why, but over the last few years the dramatic increase in interest from the maritime industry and its stakeholders has been undeniable.
K. Ioki, C. H. Choi, E. Daly, S. Dani, J. Davis, B. Giraud, C. Hamlyn-Harris, G. Johnson, L. Jones, C. Jun, B. C. Kim, E. Kuzmin, R. Le Barbier, J-M. Martinez, H. Pathak, J. Preble, J. Reich, J. W. Sa, A. Terasawa, Yu. Utin, X. Wang, S. Wu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 61 | Number 2 | February 2012 | Pages 154-158
Technical Paper | First Joint ITER-IAEA Technical Meeting on Analysis of ITER Materials and Technologies | doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A13382
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SS 316 L(N)-IG (ITER grade) has been selected as the main structural material for the ITER vacuum vessel (VV), considering its high mechanical strength at operating temperatures, water chemistry properties, excellent fabrication characteristics, and low cost relative to other candidates. The ITER VV is a class-2 box structure as defined in RCC-MR, 2007 edition, which was selected as the code for the design and construction. This paper describes materials, applied code and regulatory requirements, baseline fabrication procedures, and assembly on the site.
