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temp0826 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough

>> potentially taking high-cost welding processes out of the equation

I wonder what kind of cost they're talking if a high-powered electron gun and vacuum chamber are cheaper

ajcp 11 months ago | [–]

The vacuum chamber *is* part of the electron gun; it's essentially on the end of the "barrel" to create a vacuum just at the spot of the weld.

ActionHank 11 months ago | [–]

12 months of labour I'm assuming

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