CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In an industry first, Westinghouse Electric Company used additive manufacturing (AM) to fabricate bottom nozzles that improve debris capture and fuel endurance within its fuel assemblies. The nozzles were integrated into four Lead Test Assemblies delivered to Alabama Power’s Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant operated by Southern Nuclear, in the first quarter of 2024. Debris-wearing action on the fuel rod cladding – known as debris fretting – is the primary...
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