Argonne’s ASME Submission Aims to Open a Formal Pathway for LPBF in Nuclear Reactor Manufacturing
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Argonne National Laboratory submitted a proposal to ASME to officially allow laser powder bed fusion (a 3D printing technology) for manufacturing high-temperature components in nuclear reactors. Approval would establish the first formal manufacturing standard for this additive process in the nuclear industry.
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Argonne National Laboratory, a research center operated by UChicago Argonne, for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has submitted the first draft of an ASME Code Case proposing Laser Powder Bed Fusion as a permitted manufacturing process for high-temperature nuclear reactor components.  If…
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