Sheffield Forgemasters RD26 Limited

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The manufacture of large scale civil nuclear components presents many technical, economic and environmental challenges. To enable the UK to successfully compete in the domestic and global nuclear power plant market this project aims to maximise manufacturing efficiency and minimise environmental impact. This will be achieved by utilising advanced near net...

The production of large and ultra-large forgings for civil nuclear applications presents many challenges, from logistical to metallurgical. With the development of production routes used to manufacture near-net shape forgings, the complexity of the forged component is increasing. The increased complexity means that traditional, component measurement techn...

The challenge we would like to address is the advancement of nuclear castings in the nuclear supply chain. Steel castings are used for the reactor coolant pump (RCP) casings for nuclear power stations. Both the Westinghouse AP1000 and Areva EPR designs use steel castings for this application. Sheffield Forgemasters carried out a product and material quali...