
A Guide to Nuclear Steam Generator Tubing
Today’s pressurized water reactors run steam generator tubes made almost entirely from thermally treated Alloy
Years in special steel
Years at Xintongda
Alloy families handled
Standards covered
Huang Bin is the International Trade Manager at Zhejiang Xintongda Special Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., one of China’s specialty seamless pipe and tube manufacturers. With 21 years in the special steel industry and 5 years at Xintongda, Huang Bin bridges the company’s production capabilities with the technical requirements of buyers worldwide. His daily work spans grade selection, standards compliance, and order specification across stainless steel, duplex, super-duplex, nickel alloys, Inconel, Monel, Incoloy, and titanium families, covering ASTM, ASME, JIS, DIN, EN, and GB specifications. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Education and Law, and works closely with Xintongda’s metallurgical and quality assurance teams to ensure every order matches international standards.

Today’s pressurized water reactors run steam generator tubes made almost entirely from thermally treated Alloy

Alloy 20 resists pure and high-concentration sulfuric acid better than either 904L or 254 SMO,

A buyer specifies TP316L, a mill quotes SUS316L, and a fabricator requests 1.4404. All three

Seawater feed and brine reject lines fail for one reason above all others: chloride ions

Hydrogen sulfide breaks high-strength steel without warning. A pipe wall can crack suddenly, well below

Every piping specification begins with a single question: how thick must the wall be for