“…Given this information, there is no radiation damage k factor estimated for the valve seal. It is noted that vespel has been used as a valve seat seal in gas systems at the Joint European Torus with success; the researchers there tested vespel valve stem tips for stainless steel gas valves to 50,000 openclose cycles of the valves and there was no detectable gas leak across the valve seat (Hemmerich, 1989); the vespel seal valves also gave good service over several years (Hemmerich, 1992). Using the reported test data to apply to the DM valve, an estimate of 200 demands/3,000 hours is used.…”