> neither of which are part of any materials science course that I'm familiar with. The knock on effect of changing the vessel specs would essentially require a

> neither of which are part of any materials science course that I'm familiar with. The knock on effect of changing the vessel specs would essentially require a complete rework unless the reactor were de-rated in either safety, generation capacity or lifespan. At one point I learned there were standard tombs describing (presumably often unexpected) Nuclear Plant Phenomenology.