Seeing the pressure inside a reactor
A five-year Western project maps hidden stresses in CANDU pressure tubes at a scale of about 200 nanometres.
The research team is looking at infrastructure that usually disappears from view. By mapping microscopic stresses in pressure tubes, the project turns a difficult maintenance question into something that can be studied, compared and improved.
The alumni connection is practical: long-horizon research is part of the invisible work that makes public systems safer and more legible.
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