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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
embrittle .
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Examples
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The re-licensing process did not require a test of metals in the core, which can become dangerously embrittled after decades of exposure to super-hot water and intense radiation.
Harvey Wasserman: Yet Another $50 Billion for Rust-Bucket Nukes? 2009
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This early report on possible causes of the bridge collapse are a frightening eye opener for those of us living within a scant few miles of America's 104 aging, embrittled and fatigued nuclear reactors.
Minnesota Bridge Collapse Could Have Been Nuclear Reactor 2007
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God Forbid a quake should hit our area, as these embrittled domes would shatter like a thermos dropped on a concrete floor, the radioactive plumes rapidly visiting death upon the populace of our area.
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The old nuke power plants are rusting, becoming more and more embrittled, and parts that have lasted for 30+ years (and were designed to last only 20) are failing left and right.
Nuclear Power Kills; here's how. (16 dirty nuclear secrets.) 2007
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Nervous laughter has long embrittled to badmouth whispering.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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As reactor owners petition to extend operating licenses for decades to come, the rickety, embrittled old plants become increasingly dangerous.
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As reactor owners petition to extend operating licenses for decades to come, the rickety, embrittled old plants become increasingly dangerous.
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As reactor owners petition to extend operating licenses for decades to come, the rickety, embrittled old plants become increasingly dangerous.
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In amounts greater than 0.05%, there can be a tendency for the steel to become embrittled during thermal stress relief treatments.
CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries S.SARAVANAN 2010
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As reactor owners petition to extend operating licenses for decades to come, the rickety, embrittled old plants become increasingly dangerous.
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