Corrosion of steel water pipes in the safety-related piping systems of aging U.S. nuclear power plants is fast becoming a safety concern and a significant operational cost, not to mention an ...

The cost of components and equipment properly designed in titanium is never as high as the price by weight of the metal suggests. Many designs are based on use of metal by surface area rather then by ...

All steel pipes rust and eventually fail. So, to preempt disasters, oil companies and others use computer models to predict when replacements are needed. But if the models go wrong, they can be ...