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nondestructive testing

/ ˌnɒndɪˈstrʌktɪv /

noun

  1. NDTany of several methods of detecting flaws in metals without causing damage. The most common techniques involve the use of X-rays, gamma rays, and ultrasonic vibrations

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Also in 2018, David Lochridge, a former OceanGate employee, sued the company for terminating him after he raised safety red flags about the submersible and the company’s alleged refusal to put its hull through certain critical nondestructive testing.

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Today, Ms. Hunter-Kettner is married and middle-aged with grown children in Fort Collins, Colo., where she runs her own business: an industrial nondestructive testing firm.

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Some of the programs included environmental studies, geography and geological studies at Fairbanks, sociology and theater at Anchorage and welding and nondestructive testing at all three universities, KTUU-TV reported.

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In late May, Clyde graduated from Del Mar College in Corpus Christi with an associate degree in applied science in nondestructive testing technology.

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“In our opinion,” the report summarized, “all nondestructive testing and subsequent panel support repair, if necessary, can be done without disturbing the Picasso curtain.”

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