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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.
M.A. Hoffman, Y.T. Lee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1557-1568
Inertial Fusion Reactor Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29942
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The HYLIFE-II concept uses the molten salt, Flibe as the primary coolant for the liquid jet flows in the reactor and uses sodium fluoroborate (NaBF4) in the secondary loop. The impact of these molten salts on the direct capital cost of the balance of plant (BOP) and on the cost of electricity (COE) has been investigated. The RUBY computer code has been written specifically for these molten salts and includes detailed analytical models for the intermediate heat exchangers (IHX's) and the steam generator system consisting of separate evaporators and superheaters. Using the RUBY code, the design of these large and costly heat exchangers and the associated tritium removal system has been optimized to yield the minimum COE. The cost models used in the code are described and the results of the optimization are given.