Slice of CANDU zirconium-niobium pressure tube

Artifact Number:

2020-071

Description

An 8 mm long cut-off slice from a CANDU pressure tube.  The pressure tubes used on CANDUs after Douglas Point all have a nominal 103 mm I.D. and 4 mm wall thickness.  This particular end cut has an stamped inscription reading “W1105-135”, the meaning of which is unclear at the time of cataloguing. The material is Zr-2.5Nb.

Details

Keywords:
candu type reactor; pressure tubes
Date:
~1980
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