Jab.:We should change the name of our quarter. What about Head Vessel ? Every start begins with a sensation of uncomfortness, with the will to change, to leave stability.

Mag.: No, changes start because of a  good feeling, of being in tune.

Here a service on Heads in the Nuclear Industry:

Head I

(Concept of a Future High Pressure – Boiling Water Reactor, HP-BWR
Frigyes Reisch: Nuclear Power Safety, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm, Sweden)

Reactor vessel head and reactor internals

Head II

(U.S. Cedes Capability for Largest Nuclear Forgings As the world prepares for a new age of nuclear power, demand rises for ultra-heavy forgings to build the reactors. Here’s a closer look at the reasons that the U.S. can’t deliver the supply. By Peter Alpern)

Fabricating a nuclear reactor vessel head. Seven of the components of such structures are forgings that weigh over 500 tons. Nuclear-plant builder Areva is installing this fabricating capability in the U.S., comparable to what it now performs at a French plant.

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