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Swiss nuclear power and the case for long-term operation
Designed for 40 years but built to last far longer, Switzerland’s nuclear power plants have all entered long-term operation. Yet age alone says little about safety or performance. Through continuous upgrades, strict regulatory oversight, and extensive aging management, the country’s reactors are being prepared for decades of continued operation, in line with international practice.
Ingo Kuehn
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 64 | Number 2 | August 2013 | Pages 103-110
ITER | Proceedings of the Twentieth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE-2012) (Part 1), Nashville, Tennessee, August 27-31, 2012 | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A18063
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The paper describes the main tasks related to Configuration Control and illustrates the means in place to assure the control over the technical baseline, schedule and cost and is describing the collaboration with the DA's towards realization on ITER site. It is further summarizing the current status of construction on site and the ongoing preparation work of the Tokamak Complex buildings with the interfaces to be defined and controlled.