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Diablo Canyon advocacy, Midwest nuclear legislation among April state news items
Pending, passed, and coveted legislation involving nuclear energy made their way across multiple state capitol buildings in the month of April. Here are a few notable updates from California, Iowa, Kentucky, and Missouri.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 2 | August 1970 | Pages 260-267
Material | Symposium on Theoretical Models for Predicting In-Reactor Performance of Fuel and Cladding Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28815
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The fatigue crack propagation behavior of Zircaloy-2 subjected to various environmental conditions was examined within the framework of linear elastic fracture mechanics. It was found that the fatigue crack growth rate increased with increasing levels of cold work, increasing temperature, and exposure to a water environment.