Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Mechanical pump shaft seals: Dynamic stability and dynamic sealing considerations

The majority of power reactor designs utilize pumps to circulate the primary coolant past the fuel to transfer heat away and provide the thermal power to generate electricity. Mechanical shaft seals are critical nuclear components used to prevent leakage between a rotating pump s...

Laser beam welding properties and microstructural characterization of Kanthal APMT ferritic alloys in the application of accident tolerant fuel cladding

Ferritic FeCrAl steel is one of the most promising candidate materials for accident tolerant fuel cladding due to its excellent high temperature mechanical properties, low thermal expansion coefficient, and most importantly, very low void swelling rate under neutron irradiations....