摘要
The next generation of nuclear power plants is likely to require production in limited time-scales to meet the shortfall in power generating capacity as ageing power plants are taken off-line. The reactor pressure vessel lies at the heart of a light water reactor and can take a number of years to manufacture. This paper reviews the current methods employed for the construction of these major vessels and the issues with this route of production. Possible alternatives to traditional methods are briefly reviewed and found to offer their own challenges to achieving a vessel with high demonstrable structural integrity.
The next generation of nuclear power plants is likely to require production in limited time-scales to meet the shortfall in power generating capacity as ageing power plants are taken off-line. The reactor pressure vessel lies at the heart of a light water reactor and can take a numberof years to manufacture. This paper reviews the current methods employed for the construction of these major vessels and the issues with this route of production. Possible alternatives to traditional methods are briefly reviewed and found to offer their own challenges to achieving a vessel with high demonstrable structural integrity.
出处
《机械制造文摘（焊接分册）》
2011年第1期38-38,共1页
Welding Digest of Machinery Manufacturing
