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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.
D. L. Fleming, C. O. Brewer, D. L. Coffey
Nuclear Technology | Volume 8 | Number 6 | June 1970 | Pages 536-538
Radioisotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28654
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A 238Pu-Powered heat source for use in an experimental model of a cardiac pacemaker was developed. The encapsulated source has a thermal power of 0.134 ± 0.013 W and is fueled with three 238Pu metal pins. Each fueled pin was TIC welded into a tantalum inner capsule. The inner capsules were electron beam welded into Hastelloy-C middle capsules. These middle capsules were platinum plated to prevent a reaction between the Hastelloy-C and the titanium outer capsules. Three middle capsules were electron beam welded into each outer capsule.
