The development of the processes was performed in the Hanford facilities of the United States Department of Energy at Richland, WA by the Pacific Northwest Laboratories which are operated by Battelle Memorial Institute. The impetus for the work was the desire to increase the life of rapid fire weapon barrels in order to decrease the overall systems cost. Loss of accuracy is the primary measure of gun barrel failure, which in turn is caused by barrel droop or whip, and loss of bore configuration or dimensions. (ERA citation 04:034149)
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