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The Nuclear Power Plants were designed for an initial life of 40 years, however nowadays, is under study the possibility of its life extension. This process requires, among other issues, the analysis of all the time limited aging calculations to the life period of the original design.
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Cicero, R., Gorrochategui, I., Alvarez, J.A. (2006). Fatigue Evaluation Considering the Environmental Influence Using A Monitoring System. In: Gdoutos, E.E. (eds) Fracture of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4972-2_124
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