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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.
G. L. Kulcinski, J. Weidner, B. Cipiti, R. P. Ashley, J. F. Santarius, S. K. Murali, G. Piefer, R. Radel
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | September 2003 | Pages 559-563
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Nonelectric Applications | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A397
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A major effort to find near-term, non-electric applications of fusion energy has shown that the production of radioisotopes is attractive. The use of the D3He fusion reaction to produce Positron Emission Tomography (PET) isotopes is described. An Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) device is particularly well suited to produce low levels of high-energy (14.7 MeV) protons, which in turn, can produce short-lived PET isotopes. The IEC device at the University of Wisconsin has been modified to investigate the potential of this process to be commercially attractive.