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Control rod blade cracking resulting in reduced design lifetime.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : United States. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation : Office of New Reactors, 2011.
Series:	NRC information notice ; 2011-13.
Subjects:	Nuclear reactors > Materials > Cracking. Nuclear reactors > Control.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo157147

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