GE Hitachi to head $2m nuclear 3D printing research project

GE Hitachi to head $2m nuclear 3D printing research project for DOE

Posted on 27 Jun 2016 by Tim Brown

3D Printing Supply Chain and additive manufacturing

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to lead a $2 million additive manufacturing research project.

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) will lead the project by producing sample replacement parts for nuclear power plants. The samples will be 3D printed in metal at the GE Power Advanced Manufacturing Works facility in Greenville, SC and then be shipped to the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Once irradiated in INL’s Advanced Test Reactor, the…

GE Hitachi to head $2m nuclear 3D printing research project for DOE

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