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How Tiny Hydrides Put Nuclear Reactor Pressure Tubes at Risk of Cracking

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Researchers used advanced X-ray imaging to measure intense internal stresses within microscopic hydride structures in zirconium alloy pressure tubes used in CANDU nuclear reactors. Photo Credit: University of Western Ontario

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