Re: submarines and Norm

[Tony Hedges <thedges1@TWCNY.RR.COM>]

At 06:44 PM 04/12/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>The reason the commercial end of nuke power suffered is that the Navy would

>not share their steam generator technology/chemistry with the outside world.



It is not a big secret... minimize corrosion by maintaining a non-corrosive

environment, monitor the chemistry of the steam plant and remove

contaminants. A good program for any power plant, nuclear or non-nuclear.

Additionally a good Foreign Material Exclusion program can go a long way!

When I entered the civilian nuke power plant world, chemistry control of

the secondary systems (PWR) was a "new" idea. It amazed me that ex-Navy

Nukes had forgotten the methods we used in the Navy to keep steam generator

defects to zero.



Tony



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Tony Hedges 

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thedges1@twcny.rr.com

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